MRU06
Cap Blanc


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres NT winter (1979) 1,000 birds A4i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei LC winter (1979) 150 birds A4i
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus LC winter (-) 15,000 birds A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia LC winter (-) 10,000 birds A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC winter (1979) 20,000 birds A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (-) 20,000-49,999 birds A4iii

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cap Blanc (Mauritania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cap-blanc-iba-mauritania on 25/12/2024.