Isle of Conejera and islets of Bledes and Espartar (Ibiza) (Spain)

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Isle of Conejera and islets of Bledes and Espartar (Ibiza)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	2008	800-1,450 breeding pairs	B1ii, B3, C2, C6
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	2008	150-275 breeding pairs	C6
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	breeding	2001-2005	265-350 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	2006	273 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	not assessed	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Illots de Ponent d'Eivissa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2002	Illots de Ponent	Reserva Natural	63
2006	Illots de Ponent d'Eivissa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	90
hunting	10
military	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isle of Conejera and islets of Bledes and Espartar (Ibiza) (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/isle-of-conejera-and-islets-of-bledes-and-espartar-(ibiza)-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.