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Tabarca - Cabo de Palos


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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus LC breeding (2008) 125 pairs B1ii, C2, C6
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus CR non-breeding (1999–2007) 121–540 birds A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus CR winter (2003–2007) 1,813–5,189 birds A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei LC breeding (2006) present B2, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU non-breeding (1999–2008) 283–2,121 birds A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU resident (2005–2008) 1,175–1,200 pairs A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU winter (2003–2007) 53–321 birds A1, C1, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding (2007) present B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding (2007) present C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC non-breeding (2007) 2,791–15,045 birds A4i, B1i, C2, C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1986 Reserva Marina de la Isla de Tabarca Reservas Marinas (VI) 1
1994 Illa de Tabarca Reserva Natural (IV) 1
1995 Reserva Marina de Cabo de Palos-Islas Hormigas Reservas Marinas (VI) 1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tabarca - Cabo de Palos (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tabarca--cabo-de-palos-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.