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Illa de s'Espartar

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Location
  
Balearic Sea

Autonomous Community
  
Balearic Islands

Area
  
5.4 kmĀ²

Province
  
Ibiza

Archipelago
  
Balearic Archipelago

Population
  
0

Island group
  
Balearic Islands

Municipality
  
Sant Josep de sa Talaia

Illa de s'Espartar

Illa de s'Espartar is a small uninhabited island of the north west seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. It is within the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia. The island is 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) west of the town of Sant Antoni de Portmany and is one of the smaller islands of the Balearic archipelago.

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Map of Illa de s'Espartar, 07829, Balearic Islands, Spain

Fauna and Flora

The land is rocky and arid which supports 131 species including some endemic rare shrubs. This includes a very rare flowering alfalfa plant, alfalfa arborea. It is a member of the pea family and is on the red list of threatened species. Other vegetation includes such shrubs and herbs as rosemary, thyme and rue, which grow in abundance here. The fauna of the island includes an abundance of rabbits. There is also a sub-species of the Ibizan wall lizard on the island. It is also home to a colony of the endangered bird of prey Eleonora's falcon. There are also endemic beetles and snails. Birds include red-billed gulls and cormorants. There is also the largest colony in the western Mediterranean of the European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus).

References

Illa de s'Espartar Wikipedia