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Sasos del Cinca Medio


IBA Justification

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
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis LC resident 2010 30-100 breeding pairs C2
European Roller Coracias garrulus LC breeding 2010 min 40 breeding pairs A1, C1, C2
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor LC breeding 2009 1-6 breeding pairs C6

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2001 Embalse del Pas y Santa Rita Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sasos del Cinca Medio (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sasos-del-cinca-medio-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.