BirdLife Data Zone

ES314

La Mola of Formentera

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

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	460 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica	LC	resident	2009	min 900 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

IBA Protection

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap 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

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-
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 further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: La Mola of Formentera. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.