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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter (2008)	73–693 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	resident (2009)	3–43 pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	resident (2009)	7–33 pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter (2008)	max 221 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter (2008)	98–1,247 birds	B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter (2008)	3,973–13,914 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	resident (2009)	max 300 pairs	B2, C6
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter (2008)	max 1,847 birds	B1i, C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (2009)	30–53 pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (2009)	max 100 pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding (2009)	12 pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding (2009)	max 22 pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	resident (2009)	35–287 pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter (2008)	max 1,452 birds	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (2009)	65–300 pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident (2009)	14–95 pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (2009)	10–100 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding (2009)	92–528 pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1995	El Fondó/El Hondo	Parque Natural (II)	62

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	95
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	80
fisheries/aquaculture	60
water management	60
nature conservation and research	10
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Hondo wetland (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-hondo-wetland-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.