ES192
El Hito


Country/territory: Spain

IBA criteria met: A4i, B1i, C2, C6 (2011)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here

Area: 21,408 hectares (214.08 km2)

SEO/BirdLife

Site description (2000 baseline)
A seasonal lagoon surrounded by cereal crops and patches of grassland.

Key biodiversity
This is an important site for passage Grus grus, breeding waders and winter waterbirds.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Hito (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-hito-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.