Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
resident (2009) |
max 7 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C6 |
| Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
max 19,500 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
| Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
winter (2011) |
589–14,025 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
winter (2008) |
317–1,502 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
resident (2010) |
min 216 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
winter (2008) |
min 224 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
resident (2011) |
31–109 pairs |
B2 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus |
LC |
winter (2011) |
7,417–41,797 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
34–1,043 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
85 |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves |
| Wetlands (inland) |
15 |
Standing brackish and salt water; Water fringe vegetation |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
85 |
| hunting |
85 |
| nature conservation and research |
15 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fuente de Piedra, Gosque and Campillos lakes (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fuente-de-piedra-gosque-and-campillos-lakes-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
