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Dragonera Island-La Trapa


IBA Justification

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
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea LC breeding 2008 210 breeding pairs C6
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus CR breeding 2007 450 breeding pairs A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU breeding 2008 126 breeding pairs A1, C1, C2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus LC resident 2009 min 1 breeding pairs C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae LC breeding 2004 min 186 breeding pairs A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2, C6

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1995 Sa Dragonera Parque Natural 30
1996 Dragonera Island Nature Park 35
2000 La Trapa Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 52
2000 La Trapa Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 49
2000 Sa Dragonera Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 33
2000 Sa Dragonera Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 33
2004 Serral d'en Salat Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 19
2004 Es RajolĂ­ Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 3

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Shrubland Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis 40
Forest Native coniferous woodland 30
Marine Neritic 20
Marine Coastal/Supratidal 10
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dragonera Island-La Trapa (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dragonera-island-la-trapa-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.