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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	2002	25 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding	2007	min 10 breeding pairs	B2
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2007	1,000 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	1995	16-22 breeding pairs	B2

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	30	30	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Hydrobates castro	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Calonectris diomedea	2,000	2,000	individuals	100	favourable
Puffinus assimilis	30	30	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Climate change and severe weather	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Dunas de Corralejo e Isla de Lobos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1987	Islote de Lobos	Parque Natural	95
1994	Isla de Lobos	Natural Park	100
1996	Islote de Lobos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
1997	Sebadales de Corralejo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Semidesert	26
Marine Neritic		26
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	26
tourism/recreation	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Island of Lobos (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/island-of-lobos-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.