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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
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	LC	resident	2009	present	C6
Tenerife Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea	NT	resident	2005	max 725 breeding pairs	A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2009	present	A2, 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Teide National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	18,990	protected area overlaps with site	410
Parque Nacional del Teide	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	18,993	protected area overlaps with site	99
Montes y cumbre de Tenerife	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	68,023	protected area overlaps with site	1,750
Ladera S. Ursula, Los Organos, Altos del Valle.	Nature Park	12,114	protected area contains site	1,750
Ifonche	Paisaje Protegido	770	protected area overlaps with site	0
El Teide	Parque Nacional	18,990	protected area overlaps with site	0
Corona Forestal	Parque Natural	41,082	protected area overlaps with site	0
Corona Forestal	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	41,068	protected area overlaps with site	1,651
Barranco del Infierno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,824	protected area overlaps with site	0
Barranco del Infierno	Reserva Natural Especial	1,824	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Vilaflor pine woodland. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/03/2023.