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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding (2000–2008)	130 pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding (2008)	67–123 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Cuatro Calas	Paisaje Protegido (V)	<1
2001	Isla de Terreros e Islas Negra	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
2016	Reserva Marina de Cabo Tiñoso	Marine Reserve (VI)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
military	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Littoral islets of Murcia and Almería (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/littoral-islets-of-murcia-and-almería-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.