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 |
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris |
NT |
breeding (2011) |
present |
B2, C6 |
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris |
NT |
non-breeding (2011) |
max 3 birds |
B2, C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
resident (2008) |
70–257 pairs |
B1i, C2, C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (2008) |
50–150 pairs |
C6 |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
max 273 pairs |
B1i, B2, C2 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
winter (2008) |
max 150 birds |
A1, C1 |
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
winter (2008) |
max 500 birds |
A1, C1 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (2007–2008) |
165–220 pairs |
B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
LC |
breeding (2008) |
max 200 pairs |
B1i, B2, C2 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2017 |
very poor |
very high |
low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
population |
good |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
tourism/recreation |
95 |
fisheries/aquaculture |
90 |
military |
10 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mar Menor coastal lagoon (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mar-menor-coastal-lagoon-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.