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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	2002	25 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding	2007	min 10 breeding pairs	B2
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2007	1,000 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	LC	breeding	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	1995	16-22 breeding pairs	B2

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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Climate change and severe weather	drought	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Pollution	garbage & solid waste	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	tourism and recreation areas	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	shipping lanes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Hydrobates pelagicus	European Storm-petrel	30	30	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Hydrobates castro		5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Calonectris diomedea		2000	2000	individuals	100	favourable
Puffinus assimilis		30	30	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sebadales de Corralejo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,947	protected area overlaps with site	0
Islote de Lobos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	453	protected area overlaps with site	453
Islote de Lobos	Parque Natural	454	protected area overlaps with site	0
Isla de Lobos	Natural Park	468	protected area overlaps with site	468
Espacio marino del oriente y sur de Lanzarote-Fuerteventura	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,432,842	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Espacio marino de La Bocayna	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	83,413	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dunas de Corralejo e Isla de Lobos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,143	protected area overlaps with site	468

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Desert	Semidesert	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches, Rock stacks and islets	-
Marine Neritic		-
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: Island of Lobos. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.