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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	2000-2008	130 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	2008	67-123 breeding pairs	C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Cuatro Calas	Paisaje Protegido	<1
1997	Fondos Marinos Levante Almeriense	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	21
1998	Islas e Islotes del Litoral Mediterráneo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1999	Franja Litoral Sumergida de la Región de Murcia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Cabezo de Roldán	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Cuatro Calas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Rambla de Arejos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Valles submarinos del Escarpe de Mazarrón	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	37
2000	Isla Grosa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2001	Fondos Marinos Del Levante Almeriense	Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention)	15
2001	Isla de las Palomas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2001	Isla de Terreros e Islas Negra	Monumento Natural	<1
2014	Espacio marino de los Islotes Litorales de Murcia y Almería	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	90
2015	Rambla de Arejos	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1
2016	Reserva Marina de Cabo Tiñoso	Marine Reserve	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.