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Los Rodeos-La Esperanza This is an IBA in danger! 


Country/territory: Spain

IBA Criteria met: B2 (2011)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here

Area: 1,286 ha

SEO/BirdLife
Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment Threat score (pressure) Condition score (state) Action score (response)
2016 very high very unfavourable negligible
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Site description
An area of grassland, scrub and agricultural land located in north-east Tenerife, bordered by a residential area and the airport.

Key biodiversity
The only site for Calandrella rufescens rufescens in the Canaries and the best area on Tenerife for grassland species. The site is also a wintering and stop-over site for herons, waders and passerines and a feeding site for species that breed nearby (mainly raptors and passerines).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Los Rodeos-La Esperanza. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.