Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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) |
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Forest | Broadleaved evergreen woodland | - |
Shrubland | Scrub, Heathland | - |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Inland cliffs | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Perennial crops, orchards and groves | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
forestry | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Frontera laurel forest. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.