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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
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2007	300 breeding pairs	B2
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	LC	breeding	2007	min 5 breeding pairs	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	2008	1 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6

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)
Lajares; Esquinzo y costa del Jarubio	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,286	protected area overlaps with site	181
Espacio marino de La Bocayna	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	83,413	protected area overlaps with site	0
Betancuria	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	16,672	protected area overlaps with site	36
Betancuria	Parque Rural	16,177	protected area overlaps with site	30

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coast of Esquinzo-Puertito de Los Molinos. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/01/2022.