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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1999	210 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	1999	356 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	breeding	2007	300 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident	2006	111 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	2006	221 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident	2008	min 3 breeding pairs	C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	2004	min 30 breeding pairs	A3, B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	min 11 breeding pairs	C6
Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina	LC	resident	1997	min 35 breeding pairs	A3
Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica	LC	resident	1997	min 435 breeding pairs	A3, B3, C2
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	1997	min 655 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1991	Archipielago de Cabrera	Parque Nacional	100
1997	Arxipèlag de Cabrera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2003	Archipielago De Cabrera	Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention)	100
2006	Arxipèlag de Cabrera	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	70
Marine Neritic		20
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	1
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	100
military	100
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	100

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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 23/11/2024.