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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	2002	min 2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	winter	2010	113-266 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	resident	2010	12-154 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2002	44-57 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2010	1-12 breeding pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	resident	2010	300-400 breeding pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	passage	1996	1,550 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	2002	min 1,100 individuals	B1i, C2
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	winter	2002	min 30 individuals	B2
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	passage	2002	min 2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2002	min 100 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	2010	29-414 individuals	A1, C1
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2010	153-1,138 individuals	A1, B1i, C1, C3
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	winter	2010	17-189 individuals	A1, C1
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2007	364 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Marismas del Odiel	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	29
-	Estero de Domingo Rubio	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	1
1983	Marismas del Odiel	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	32
1984	Marismas del Odiel	Paraje Natural	29
1984	Marisma de el Burro	Reserva Natural	2
1984	Isla de Enmedio	Reserva Natural	32
1988	Marismas del Odiel	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	28
1989	Marismas del Odiel	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	32
1989	Lagunas de Palos y las Madres	Paraje Natural	3
1989	Estero de Domingo Rubio	Paraje Natural	2
1989	Laguna de el Portil	Reserva Natural	<1
1989	Enebrales de Punta Umbría	Natural Landscape	1
1989	Laguna del Portil	Natural Reserve	<1
1997	Marismas del Odiel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	29
1997	Lagunas de Palos y Las Madres	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1997	Estero de Domingo Rubio	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1997	Laguna de El Portil	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
1997	Enebrales de Punta Umbría	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Marismas y Riberas del Tinto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
1999	Dehesa del Estero y Montes de Moguer	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1999	Marisma de Las Carboneras	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Dunas del Odiel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Estuario del Río Tinto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2007	Paraje Natural Lagunas de Palos y las Madres	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
2008	Estero de Domingo Rubio	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2014	Espacio marino del Tinto y del Odiel	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	21
2014	Espacio marino del Tinto y del Odiel	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	21
2015	Marismas y Riberas del Tinto	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	13
2015	Estuario del Río tinto	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	10
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Odiel and Tinto marshes and Huelva coastal lagoons (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/odiel-and-tinto-marshes-and-huelva-coastal-lagoons-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.