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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident (1967–1998)	50–75 pairs	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding (1967–1998)	4–10 pairs	A1, C1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (1967–1998)	11–100 birds	A1, C1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (1967–1998)	250,000 birds	A4iv, B1iv, C5

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Upper Rock	Nature Conservation Area (V)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	40	Other urban and industrial areas
Shrubland	40	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	20

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	40
military	30
tourism/recreation	30
nature conservation and research	8

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rock of Gibraltar (Gibraltar (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rock-of-gibraltar-iba-gibraltar-(to-uk) on 22/12/2024.