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Île Rachgoune


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU breeding (1993) 60 pairs A1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île Rachgoune (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-rachgoune-iba-algeria on 22/12/2024.