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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	2007	min 50 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2007	1,275 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	LC	breeding	2007	min 20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding	2007	65 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2007	1-5 breeding pairs	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident	2007	4 breeding pairs	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)
Valle de Gran Rey	Parque Rural	1,994	protected area overlaps with site	140
Risco de la Mérica	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	38	protected area overlaps with site	19
Orone	Paisaje Protegido	1,707	protected area overlaps with site	50
Orone	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,707	protected area overlaps with site	0
La Caldera	Monumento Natural	40	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Juan Mayor	Sitio de Interés Científico	28	protected area overlaps with site	250
Franja marina Santiago-Valle Gran Rey	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13,139	protected area overlaps with site	0
Espacio marino de La Gomera-Teno	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	209,318	protected area overlaps with site	0
Charco del Conde	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9	protected area overlaps with site	5
Charco del Cieno	Site of Scientific Interest	6	protected area contained by site	6
Charco de Cieno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5	protected area overlaps with site	2
Charco de Cieno	Sitio de Interés Científico	5	protected area overlaps with site	0
Barranco de Argaga	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	187	protected area overlaps with site	22
Acantilados de La Culata	Paisaje Protegido	541	protected area contained by site	11
Acantilados de Alajeró; La Dama y Valle Gran Rey	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	668	protected area overlaps with site	335
Acantilados de Alajeró	Sitio de Interés Científico	281	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Shingle & stony beaches, Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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 (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: South-west coast of La Gomera. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.