North and east coasts of Minorca and island of Aire (Spain) IBA | Details

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North and east coasts of Minorca and island of Aire This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	resident (2007)	666–2,272 pairs	B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	breeding (2007)	205 pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident (2006–2009)	148–193 pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding (2008)	404 pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident (2008)	min 4 pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident (2008)	min 12 pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	resident (2010)	min 5 pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	non-breeding (2010)	present	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident (2010)	present	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (2008)	11–22 pairs	C6

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	very poor	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Calonectris diomedea	1,000 / 6,000 (pairs)	17	very poor
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	175 / 280 (pairs)	63	poor
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	200 / 250 (pairs)	80	moderate
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	250 / 100 (pairs)	100	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Residential and commercial development	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1993	Menorca	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100
1995	S Albufera des Grau	Parque Natural (IV)	17

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	50	Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland
Shrubland	30	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	20

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	70
agriculture	50
forestry	50
tourism/recreation	20
urban/industrial/transport	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North and east coasts of Minorca and island of Aire (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-and-east-coasts-of-minorca-and-island-of-aire-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.