Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
Little Crake Zapornia parva |
LC |
resident (2009) |
present |
C6 |
Little Crake Zapornia parva |
LC |
passage (2009) |
present |
C6 |
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla |
LC |
resident (2009) |
present |
C6 |
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla |
LC |
passage (2009) |
present |
C6 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
13–22 pairs |
C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
45–347 pairs |
B1i, C2, C6 |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
9–78 pairs |
B2 |
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus |
LC |
winter (2009) |
250–4,100 birds |
C2 |
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
breeding (2011) |
max 380 pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2 |
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
passage (2009) |
110–2,437 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
winter (2009) |
6–11 birds |
C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
max 1 pairs |
C6 |
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon |
LC |
resident (2009) |
1–5 pairs |
C6 |
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.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2008 |
not assessed |
very high |
very low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
poor |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (category) |
% coverage of IBA |
1987 |
Ricarda-Ca l`Arana
|
Reserva Natural Parcial (IV) |
5 |
1987 |
Remolar-Filipines
|
Reserva Natural Parcial (IV) |
3 |
1987 |
El Remolar--Filipines |
Natural Reserve (-) |
3 |
1987 |
La Ricarda--Ca l'Arana |
Natural Reserve (-) |
5 |
1992 |
Delta del Llobregat
|
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V) |
24 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
65 |
Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas; Ruderal land |
Forest |
5 |
Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
Marine Neritic |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
agriculture |
40 |
urban/industrial/transport |
15 |
nature conservation and research |
10 |
tourism/recreation |
10 |
forestry |
10 |
not utilised |
10 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Llobregat delta (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/llobregat-delta-iba-spain on 03/12/2024.