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 IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
resident (2007–2009) |
526–625 breeding pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
non-breeding (2000–2007) |
168–584 individuals |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Shrubland |
minor (<10) |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| military |
70 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
30 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alborán island (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alborán-island-iba-spain on 04/01/2025.
