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Dragonera Island-La Trapa


IBA Justification

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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1995 Sa Dragonera Parque Natural (II) 30
1996 Dragonera Island Nature Park (-) 35

Habitats

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

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 23/12/2024.