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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	resident	2009	max 3 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding	2009	1-5 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	2007	min 2 individuals	C2, C6
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	winter	2007	22-65 individuals	C6
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	resident	2009	35-54 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2009	20-40 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	winter	2007	48-140 individuals	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2009	33-85 breeding pairs	C6
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	2009	31-100 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	2009	75-200 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
1990	Marjal dels Moros (ZEPA)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	41
1995	Marjal dels Moros	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	85
2011	Marjal dels Moros	Zonas Húmedas	84

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
agriculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Moro marshes (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-moro-marshes-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.