Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
resident (2008) |
320–743 pairs |
B1ii, B3, C2, C6 |
| Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus |
CR |
breeding (2007) |
115 pairs |
A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2, C1, C2 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (2003) |
7–165 pairs |
C6 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
max 163 pairs |
B2 |
| Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
breeding (2007) |
360 pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica |
LC |
resident (2008) |
51–100 pairs |
C2 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1995 |
Ses Salines de Ibiza, Formentera e Islas des Freus |
Natural Reserve (-) |
51 |
| 1999 |
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
|
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA) |
89 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
35 |
Native coniferous woodland |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
30 |
Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas |
| Marine Neritic |
30 |
|
| Shrubland |
5 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
50 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
40 |
| tourism/recreation |
15 |
| agriculture |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salt-pans of Ibiza and Formentera and Freus isles (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salt-pans-of-ibiza-and-formentera-and-freus-isles-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.
