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 Shag Gulosus aristotelis |
LC |
resident (2006) |
481 pairs |
B1i, B3, C2, C6 |
| Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
breeding (2003) |
15–26 pairs |
A1, C1 |
| Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
8–9 pairs |
C6 |
| Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus |
NT |
non-breeding (2008) |
min 125 birds |
A1, B1iii, C1, C2, C6 |
| Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus |
NT |
resident (2009) |
12–14 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
117–136 pairs |
B1iii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
23 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C6 |
| Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae |
LC |
breeding (2004) |
117–179 pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 25 pairs |
C6 |
| Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica |
LC |
resident (2009) |
max 2,200 pairs |
B3, C2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
26 |
Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Shrubland |
26 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Perennial crops, orchards and groves |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Scree & boulders |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
50 |
| not utilised |
30 |
| agriculture |
20 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tramuntana mountains (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tramuntana-mountains-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
