Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 (1999) |
210 pairs |
B1ii, C2, C6 |
| Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
356 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus |
CR |
breeding (2007) |
300 pairs |
A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| European Shag Gulosus aristotelis |
LC |
resident (2006) |
111 pairs |
B1i, B3, C2, C6 |
| Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
breeding (2006) |
221 pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2 |
| Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 3 pairs |
C6 |
| Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae |
LC |
breeding (2004) |
min 30 pairs |
A3, B2, C2, C6 |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 11 pairs |
C6 |
| Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina |
LC |
resident (1997) |
min 35 pairs |
A3 |
| Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica |
LC |
resident (1997) |
min 435 pairs |
A3, B3, C2 |
| Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala |
LC |
resident (1997) |
min 655 pairs |
A3 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Shrubland |
70 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Marine Neritic |
20 |
|
| Forest |
10 |
Native coniferous woodland |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
1 |
Arable land |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
100 |
| military |
100 |
| nature conservation and research |
100 |
| tourism/recreation |
100 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Archipelago of Cabrera (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/archipelago-of-cabrera-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
