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Mata and Torrevieja lagoons


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
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC resident (2009) 2–146 pairs C2, C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus LC resident (2009) 54–132 pairs B2
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei LC resident (2006–2009) 423–431 pairs B2, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU winter (2008) 3–420 birds A1, C1, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU resident (2008–2010) 700–3,823 pairs A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding (2007–2009) 45–101 pairs B2, C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LC breeding (2009) 13 pairs C6

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal 90
Shrubland 10 Scrub

Land use

Land use % of IBA
urban/industrial/transport 40
water management 20
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mata and Torrevieja lagoons (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mata-and-torrevieja-lagoons-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.