Endangered waterbirds at Doñana natural space

Abstract

Taking into account data obtained primarily from 1996 to 2008, this paper reviews the importance of Doñana Natural Space for seven species of waterbird declared Endangered: the highest category of threat from a legal perspective in Spain. Marbled teal, ferruginous duck, white-headed duck, bittern, squacco heron, and red-knobbed coot all breed, while black stork has a wintering population. Only the winter population of the black stork showed a significant trend, positive in this case. The wetlands of Doñana Natural Space represent the first or second most important areas of Spain for all the breeding species except white-headed duck. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010.