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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A steppe area to the west of Los Monegros. The area includes cereal crops, patches of steppe-grassland and areas of former saltpans.
This is an important area for steppic species. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Tetrax tetrax (65-125 breeding individuals).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are from railway construction, agricultural intensification, particularly irrigation, ploughing of natural vegetation and overgrazing, and a high hunting pressure.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Monegrillo-Pina steppe area-Pina (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/monegrillo-pina-steppe-area-pina-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.
