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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	non-breeding	1995	561 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	2011	52-933 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	resident	2002	min 52 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	resident	2007	min 3 breeding pairs	B2
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	non-breeding	2007	min 30 individuals	A1, C1
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2002	7-10 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2002	min 100 breeding pairs	C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	non-breeding	1995	800 individuals	B1i, B2, C3
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2002	min 80 breeding pairs	B2
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	resident	2007	225 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	non-breeding	2002	max 1,700 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2

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
1989	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	89
1989	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Paraje Natural	70
1989	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Reserva Natural	30
1989	Albufera de Adra	Reserva Natural	2
1994	Albufera de Adra	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
1997	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	70
1997	Albufera de Adra	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2000	Castala	Parque Periurbano	3
2001	Arrecife Barrera de Posidonia	Monumento Natural	76
2006	Albufera de Adra	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5
2007	Paraje Natural Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	70
2015	Albufera de Adra	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	4
2017	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	70

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wetlands of western Almería (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wetlands-of-western-almería-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.