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The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2004	3-4 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2011).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Teselinde-Cabecera de Vallehermoso	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,341	protected area overlaps with site	7
Montaña del Cepo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,162	protected area overlaps with site	0
Los Órganos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	150	protected area overlaps with site	24
Los Órganos	Monumento Natural	152	protected area overlaps with site	55
Los Órganos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	183	protected area overlaps with site	30
Espacio marino de La Gomera-Teno	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	209,318	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Costa de los Órganos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,161	protected area is adjacent to site	28

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vallehermoso coast. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vallehermoso-coast-iba-spain on 02/10/2023.