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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
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba bollii	LC	resident	2009	present	B2, C2
Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	LC	resident	2009	present	C6
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2009	present	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)
Tibataje	Reserva Natural Especial	593	protected area overlaps with site	500
Tibataje	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	593	protected area overlaps with site	390
Roques de Salmor	Reserva Natural Integral	4	protected area overlaps with site	0
Roques de Salmor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4	protected area overlaps with site	1
Mencáfete	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	455	protected area overlaps with site	341
Mencáfete	Reserva Natural Integral	454	protected area overlaps with site	463
La Caldereta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	18	protected area is adjacent to site	16
Gorreta y Salmor	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	595	protected area overlaps with site	391
Frontera	Parque Rural	11,832	protected area overlaps with site	1,400
Frontera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,807	protected area overlaps with site	1,305
Espacio marino de los Roques de Salmor	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	659	protected area is adjacent to site	0
El Hierro	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	12,406	protected area overlaps with site	1,767

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
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: Frontera laurel forest. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.