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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	resident	2009	2-15 breeding pairs	A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding	2009	1-27 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	2009	max 511 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	2009	39-1,336 individuals	B1i, C2
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding	2009	301-1,320 individuals	B1i, C2
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2009	40-150 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	2009	20-63 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2009	2-40 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	2009	max 674 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	resident	2009	137-820 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2009	12-230 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2008	max 279 individuals	A1, C1
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	resident	2004-2009	153-247 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	resident	2005-2009	35 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2007-2009	229-572 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	2009	50-185 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2007-2009	130-362 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Salinas de Santa Pola	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	98
1991	Salines de Santa Pola (ZEPA)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93
1994	Salinas de Santa Pola	Nature Park	98
1995	Salines de Santa Pola	Parque Natural	93
1999	Salinas de Santa Pola	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	98
2011	Parque Natural de las Salinas de Santa Pola	Zonas Húmedas	93

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
urban/industrial/transport	50
nature conservation and research	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Santa Pola salt-pans (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/santa-pola-salt-pans-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.