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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1999	210 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	1999	356 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	breeding	2007	300 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident	2006	111 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	2006	221 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident	2008	min 3 breeding pairs	C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	2004	min 30 breeding pairs	A3, B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	min 11 breeding pairs	C6
Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina	LC	resident	1997	min 35 breeding pairs	A3
Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica	LC	resident	1997	min 435 breeding pairs	A3, B3, C2
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	1997	min 655 breeding pairs	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2011).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Arxipèlag de Cabrera	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	20,532	protected area contains site	10,000
Arxipèlag de Cabrera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	20,532	protected area contains site	0
Archipielago De Cabrera	Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention)	11,087	protected area contains site	1,815
Archipielago de Cabrera	Parque Nacional	10,021	protected area contains site	10,000

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
military	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Archipelago of Cabrera. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/archipelago-of-cabrera-iba-spain on 02/10/2023.