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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	2009	7-10 breeding pairs	A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	2010	8-56 individuals	A1, B1i, C1, C2, C6
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	resident	2009	10-20 breeding pairs	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
-	Embalse de Cordobilla	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	42
-	Lagunas del Sur de Cordoba	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	31
-	Embalse de Malpasillo	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	15
1984	Laguna de Zóñar	Reserva Natural	2
1984	Laguna del Tíscar	Reserva Natural	1
1984	Laguna Amarga	Reserva Natural	<1
1984	Laguna del Rincón	Reserva Natural	<1
1984	Laguna de los Jarales	Reserva Natural	<1
1984	Laguna del Rincon	Nature Reserve	<1
1984	Laguna de Tiscar	Nature Reserve	1
1984	Laguna Amarga	Natural Reserve	<1
1987	Lagunas del Sur de Córdoba	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	19
1989	Embalse de Cordobilla	Paraje Natural	42
1989	Embalse de Malpasillo	Paraje Natural	16
1989	Lagunas del sur de Córdoba	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
1989	Sierra de Hornachuelos	Parque Natural	46
1994	Embalses de Cordobilla y Malpasillo	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	62
1997	Lagunas del Sur de Córdoba	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	31
2001	Embalse de Cordobilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	28
2001	Embalse de Malpasillo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
2007	Reserva Natural Laguna de Tíscar	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5
2007	Reserva Natural Laguna de los Jarales	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	80
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
nature conservation and research	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wetlands at south Córdoba (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wetlands-at-south-córdoba-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.