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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
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	breeding	2007	460 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica	LC	resident	2009	min 900 breeding pairs	B3, C2

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)
La Mola	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,181	protected area overlaps with site	0
La Mola	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,181	protected area overlaps with site	1,065
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 Platja de Migjorn	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,010	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas	-
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: La Mola of Formentera. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/la-mola-of-formentera-iba-spain on 22/09/2023.