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Mar del Empordà


IBA Justification

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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan VU winter (2003–2007) 602–4,389 birds A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus CR winter (2003–2007) 67–467 birds A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus CR non-breeding (1999–2007) 143–5,140 birds A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis LC resident (2007) present C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1992 Aiguamolls de l`Alt Empordà Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (VI) 6
1992 Cap de Creus Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V) 3
1992 Illes Medes Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V) 2
1992 Muntanyes de Begur Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V) 1
1998 Cap de Creus Parque Natural (V) 3
1998 Cap Gros-Cap de Creus Reserva Natural Parcial (IV) 1
1998 Cap de Norfeu Reserva Natural Parcial (IV) <1
1998 Cap de Norfeu Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional (III) <1
1998 Cap Gros-Cap de Creus Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional (III) <1
1998 Cap de Creus Reserva Natural Integral (Ia) <1
1998 Cap de Norfeu Reserva Natural Integral (Ia) <1
2003 Castell-Cap Roig Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V) 1
2010 Del Montgrí, les Illes Medes i el Baix Ter Parque Natural (V) 2
2010 Marina de Les Medes Reserva Natural Parcial (IV) <1
2010 Les Illes Medes Reserva Natural Integral (Ia) <1
2010 Dels Aiguamolls del Baix Ter Reserva Natural Parcial (IV) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mar del Empordà (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mar-del-empordà-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.