Key Biodiversity Areas

Santa Pola salt-pans (1825)
Spain, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesOxyura leucocephalaWhite-headed DuckEN2011A1clink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusKentish PloverLC2011link-icon
AvesSterna albifronsLittle TernLC2011link-icon
AvesNycticorax nycticoraxBlack-crowned Night-heronLC2011link-icon
AvesArdea purpureaPurple HeronLC2011link-icon
AvesPhoenicopterus roseusGreater FlamingoLC2011link-icon
AvesRecurvirostra avosettaPied AvocetLC2011link-icon
AvesMarmaronetta angustirostrisMarbled TealVU2011link-icon
AvesSterna hirundoCommon TernLC2011link-icon
AvesLimosa limosaBlack-tailed GodwitNT2011link-icon
AvesChlidonias hybridaWhiskered TernLC2011link-icon
AvesArdeola ralloidesSquacco HeronLC2011link-icon
AvesNetta rufinaRed-crested PochardLC2011link-icon
AvesLarus geneiSlender-billed GullLC2011link-icon
AvesLarus audouiniiAudouin's GullNT2011link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Santa Pola salt-pans. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 15, 2025.