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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding (2001)	min 250 pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding (2007)	min 10 pairs	B2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding (2007)	5 pairs	B2
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding (2007)	40 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding (2009)	present	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (2007)	5–10 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Roques de Salmor	Reserva Natural Integral (III)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salmor rocky islets (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salmor-rocky-islets-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.