Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2011).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sierra María-Los Velez
Parque Natural
22,562
protected area contained by site
11,625
Ramblas de Gérgal; Tabernas y Sur de Sierra Alhamilla
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
22,853
protected area overlaps with site
4,390
Ramblas de Gergal, Tabernas y Sur de Sierra Alhamilla
Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)
0
protected area overlaps with site
0
Desierto de Tabernas
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
11,448
protected area contained by site
11,463
Desierto de Tabernas
Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)
11,448
protected area contained by site
0
Desierto de Tabernas
Paraje Natural
11,448
protected area contained by site
0
Desierto de Tabernas
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
11,448
protected area contained by site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Forest
-
Shrubland
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
-
Grassland
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
-
Desert
Semidesert
-
Artificial/Terrestrial
Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
hunting
-
tourism/recreation
-
urban/industrial/transport
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tabernas desert. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tabernas-desert-iba-spain on 04/10/2023.