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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	breeding	2007	110 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2
Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica	LC	resident	2010	min 355 breeding pairs	B3, 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Espacio marino de Formentera y del sur de Ibiza	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	46,420	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Cap de Barbaria	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,477	protected area overlaps with site	0
Cap de Barbaria	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,477	protected area overlaps with site	100
Àrea marina Platja de Migjorn	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,010	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)
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
not utilised	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Cape Barbaria. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.