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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
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	breeding (2001)	35–50 pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (2004)	min 206 pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Islas Vedra y Vedranell	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention) (-)	-
2002	Es Vedra i es Vedranell	Reserva Natural (IV)	66

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islets Vedrá and Vedranell (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islets-vedrá-and-vedranell-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.