Current view: Data table and detailed info
Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011
Populations of IBA trigger species
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s) of estimate
Population estimate
IBA Criteria Triggered
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara
LC
resident
1996
6 breeding pairs
B2
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata
VU
resident
2006
11-17 individuals
A1, B2, C1
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina
LC
breeding
2000-2001
35-55 breeding pairs
C6
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
LC
breeding
2000-2001
280-540 breeding pairs
B1ii, C2, C6
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro
LC
breeding
2000-2001
115-185 breeding pairs
B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
LC
non-breeding
2006
min 10,000 individuals
A4ii, B1ii, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
LC
breeding
2000-2001
10,492-13,500 breeding pairs
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
LC
breeding
2000-2001
30-60 breeding pairs
B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
LC
breeding
2000-2001
210-390 breeding pairs
B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
LC
resident
2001
4-5 breeding pairs
C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
EN
resident
2008
2 breeding pairs
A1, C1, C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
LC
breeding
2008
276-307 breeding pairs
A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2, C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii
LC
resident
2009
present
B3
A4iii Species group - seabirds
n/a
breeding
1987
9,230-12,000 breeding pairs
A4iii, C4
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of
assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here
Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment
Threat score (pressure)
Condition score (state)
Action score (response)
2008
high
favourable
medium
Was the whole site covered?
No
State assessed by
Population
Accuracy of information
medium
For more information about IBA monitoring please click
here
Protected Area
Designation
Area (ha)
Relationship with IBA
Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sebadales de La Graciosa
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1,192
protected area contained by site
68
Reserva Marina de la Isla Graciosa y de los Islotes del Norte de Lanzarote
Reservas Marinas
70,439
protected area overlaps with site
0
Los Islotes
Reserva Natural Integral
146
protected area contained by site
165
Los Islotes
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
151
protected area contained by site
151
La Corona
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
2,602
protected area is adjacent to site
0
La Corona
Monumento Natural
2,602
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Islotes del norte de Lanzarote y Famara
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
17,864
protected area overlaps with site
1,044
Espacio marino del oriente y sur de Lanzarote-Fuerteventura
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1,432,842
protected area overlaps with site
0
Espacio marino de los Islotes de Lanzarote
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
130,184
protected area contained by site
0
Archipiélago de Chinijo
Parque Natural
46,351
protected area overlaps with site
4,000
Archipiélago Chinijo
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
8,865
protected area overlaps with site
455
Local conservation groups
The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.
Name
Year formed
ADENA
0
Amigos de la Pardela Cenicienta
0
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local conservation groups please click
here .
IUCN Habitat
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Desert
Semidesert
-
Coastline
Shingle & stony beaches, Sand dunes & beaches, Rock stacks and islets
-
Marine Intertidal
-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal
-
For further information about the habitat classification please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture
-
nature conservation and research
-
For further information about the land use classification please click
here .
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lanzarote islets. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2023.