Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A semi-arid area with non-irrigated cereal crops, open
Quercus woodland and extensive areas of low scrub and dry grasslands.
An important area for steppic species and passerines characteristic of semi-arid agricultural sites. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Tetrax tetrax (100 resident individuals).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are from illegal hunting and poisoning, overgrazing, drought and erosion
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hoya de Guadix (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hoya-de-guadix-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.
