The Late Miocene Sorbas Member of the Sorbas Basin, Almería Province, southeast Spain
contains an extensive avian ichnofauna preserved in lagoonal marls. Three distinctive avian ichnotaxa
can be identified: Antarctichnus fuenzalidae Covacevich and Lamperein, 1970; Iranipeda millumi n.
ichnosp.; and Roepichnus grahami n. ichnogen, n. ichnosp. In common with many other Cenozoic
avian ichnofaunas, these traces are associated with shorebirds, including plovers, storks, ducks and/or
gulls, respectively. Associated mammalian tracks include possible cat and artiodactyl footprints. The
avian tracks are abundant and show a range of behavioural aspects in common with other recorded
examples of Cretaceous–Recent shorebird tracks. These include both solitary and group activities
consistent with their postulated avian tracemakers.