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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Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara | LC | resident | 1995 | 10 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata | VU | resident | 2006 | 80-113 individuals | A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus | LC | resident | 1995 | 5 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor | LC | resident | 2006 | - | B2, C6 |
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii | LC | resident | 2009 | - | 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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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Llanos de La Corona y Tegala Grande | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 2,751 | is identical to site | 3,336 |
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 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Shrubland | - | |
Grassland | Steppes and dry calcareous grassland | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing brackish and salt water | - |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Inland cliffs | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Ruderal land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
military | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Plains of La Corona-Las Honduras. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 11/04/2021.