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Aguas del Poniente y Norte de Ibiza


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus LC breeding (2008) present B1ii, B3, C2, C6
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea LC breeding (2008) present B2, C6
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus CR breeding (2001) present A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU breeding (2007) present A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2002 Illots de Ponent Reserva Natural (IV) <1
2002 Es Vedra i es Vedranell Reserva Natural (IV) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aguas del Poniente y Norte de Ibiza (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aguas-del-poniente-y-norte-de-ibiza-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.