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 |
| Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea |
LC |
breeding (2001–2004) |
800–1,000 pairs |
B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
resident (2007) |
1,886–1,937 pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (1996–1997) |
7,200 pairs |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1982 |
Islas Chafarinas
|
National Hunting Refuge (IV) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Shrubland |
minor (<10) |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
100 |
| military |
30 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chafarinas Islands (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chafarinas-islands-iba-spain on 26/12/2024.
