Key Biodiversity Areas

Mar Menor coastal lagoon (1827)
Spain, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSterna niloticaGull-billed TernLC2011link-icon
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusKentish PloverLC2011link-icon
AvesMarmaronetta angustirostrisMarbled TealVU2011link-icon
AvesLimosa limosaBlack-tailed GodwitNT2011link-icon
AvesRecurvirostra avosettaPied AvocetLC2011link-icon
AvesSterna albifronsLittle TernLC2011link-icon
AvesHimantopus himantopusBlack-winged StiltLC2011link-icon
AvesLarus audouiniiAudouin's GullNT2011link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mar Menor coastal lagoon. 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 16, 2025.