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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	2008	73-693 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	resident	2009	3-43 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	resident	2009	7-33 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	2008	max 221 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	2008	98-1,247 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	2008	3,973-13,914 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	resident	2009	max 300 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	2008	max 1,847 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2009	30-53 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2009	max 100 breeding pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	2009	12 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2009	max 22 breeding pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	resident	2009	35-287 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	2008	max 1,452 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2009	65-300 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2009	14-95 breeding pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2009	10-100 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	2009	92-528 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Pantano de El Hondo	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	62
1990	el Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent (ZEPA)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	62
1995	El Fondó/El Hondo	Parque Natural	62
1997	el Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	59
2011	Parque Natural del Fondo d`Elx	Zonas Húmedas	60
2011	Els Carrissars d`Elx	Zonas Húmedas	32
2011	El Hondo de Amoros	Zonas Húmedas	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		95
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.