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Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca


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
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus LC breeding (2008) 20 pairs C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea LC breeding (2008) 1–2 pairs C6
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola LC breeding (2008) 40–50 pairs B2, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus LC breeding (2009) 15–25 pairs C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon LC resident (2009) 60–88 pairs C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1995 Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca Parque Natural (II) 89

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 10 Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting 90
agriculture 10
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/prat-de-cabanes-torreblanca-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.