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Mouth of the river Guadalhorce


IBA Justification

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) min 14 pairs A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra LC passage (1997) 20 birds B1i, C2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus LC breeding (1996) 6 pairs C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU passage (1996) 227–412 birds A1, C1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1989 Desembocadura del Guadalhorce Paraje Natural (II) 29

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 55 Arable land; Forestry plantations
Marine Coastal/Supratidal 25
Grassland 10 Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands
Forest 5 Alluvial and very wet forest
Shrubland 5 Scrub
Marine Intertidal -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 55


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mouth of the river Guadalhorce (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mouth-of-the-river-guadalhorce-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.