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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	1995	6 breeding pairs	B2
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata	VU	resident	2006	185-347 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1995	common	B2, C6
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor	LC	resident	2006	160-190 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	LC	resident	2009	present	B2
Alaudala rufescens	NR	resident	1995	common	B2
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	1995	common	B3

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Islotes del norte de Lanzarote y Famara	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	17,864	protected area overlaps with site	5,129
Archipiélago de Chinijo	Parque Natural	46,351	protected area overlaps with site	1,900
Archipiélago Chinijo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,865	protected area overlaps with site	2,246

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Famara sandy plain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.