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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	LC	resident	1999	min 200 breeding pairs	C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2009	present	A2
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki	EN	resident	2010	80-90 breeding pairs	A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2009	present	A2, B3

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)
Roque Nublo	Monumento Natural	442	protected area contained by site	0
Roque de Nublo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	446	protected area contained by site	0
Riscos de Tirajana	Monumento Natural	750	protected area contained by site	0
Riscos de Tirajana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	750	protected area contained by site	0
Ojeda; Inagua y Pajonales	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,528	protected area contained by site	3,528
Ojeda; Inagua y Pajonales	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,528	protected area contained by site	0
Nublo	Parque Rural	27,405	protected area overlaps with site	0
Los Marteles	Reserva Natural Especial	3,549	protected area overlaps with site	0
Los Marteles	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,804	protected area overlaps with site	0
Las Cumbres	Paisaje Protegido	4,274	protected area overlaps with site	0
Inagua	Reserva Natural Integral	3,531	protected area contained by site	3,700
Hoya del Gamonal	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	627	protected area contained by site	0
Gran Canaria	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100,459	protected area overlaps with site	0
El Nublo II	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13,956	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ayagaures y Pilancones	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9,689	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pajonales, Ojeda, Inagua and La Data pine woodlands. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pajonales-ojeda-inagua-and-la-data-pine-woodlands-iba-spain on 30/09/2023.