Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus | LC | resident | 2008 | 320-743 breeding pairs | B1ii, B3, C2, C6 |
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus | CR | breeding | 2007 | 115 breeding pairs | A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | breeding | 2003 | 7-165 breeding pairs | C6 |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | LC | resident | 2008 | max 163 breeding pairs | B2 |
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii | VU | breeding | 2007 | 360 breeding pairs | A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica | LC | resident | 2008 | 51-100 breeding pairs | C2 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Ses Salines de Ibiza, Formentera e Islas des Freus | Natural Reserve | 1,500 | protected area contained by site | 1,500 |
Ses Salines d'Eivissa i Formentera | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 16,435 | protected area overlaps with site | 2,430 |
Ses Salines d'Eivissa i Formentera | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 16,435 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ses Salines d Eivissa i Formentera | Reserva Natural | 1,385 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ses Salines d Eivissa i Formentera | Parque Natural | 15,444 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Salinas de Ibiza y Formentera | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 1,640 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,640 |
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture | World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) | 11,231 | protected area overlaps with site | 2,623 |
Espacio marino de Formentera y del sur de Ibiza | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 46,420 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Àrea marina Platja de Tramuntana | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,408 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Àrea marina de cala Saona | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 442 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Native coniferous woodland | - |
Shrubland | Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Sea | Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features | - |
Coastline | Shingle & stony beaches, Sand dunes & beaches, Mud flats & sand flats, Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas | - |
Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Intertidal | - | |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
hunting | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Salt-pans of Ibiza and Formentera and Freus isles. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.