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 |
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara |
LC |
resident (1995) |
10 pairs |
B2 |
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis |
LC |
resident (2006) |
213–649 pairs |
C2, C6 |
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata |
VU |
resident (2006) |
40–63 birds |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus |
LC |
resident (2006) |
37–257 pairs |
B1i, C2, C6 |
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor |
LC |
resident (2006) |
min 218 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens |
LC |
resident (2006) |
2,411–4,045 pairs |
B2 |
Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae |
NT |
resident (2006) |
100–175 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2 |
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii |
LC |
resident (2006) |
1,430–2,217 pairs |
B3 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Desert |
52 |
Semidesert |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land; Ruderal land |
Shrubland |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
agriculture |
26 |
military |
- |
tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lajares sandy plain-Cotillo-Ezquinzo (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lajares-sandy-plain-cotillo-ezquinzo-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.