Key Biodiversity Areas

Mata and Torrevieja lagoons (1826)
Spain, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesLarus audouiniiAudouin's GullNT2011B1, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusKentish PloverLC2011link-icon
AvesChlidonias hybridaWhiskered TernLC2011link-icon
AvesSterna albifronsLittle TernLC2011link-icon
AvesRecurvirostra avosettaPied AvocetLC2011link-icon
AvesLarus geneiSlender-billed GullLC2011link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mata and Torrevieja lagoons. 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 29, 2025.