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

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (1987)	1,750 pairs	B2
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding (2007)	30 pairs	B2, C6
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding (2002)	55 pairs	B2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (2007)	10 pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (2009)	present	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Guelguén	Reserva Natural Especial (V)	1
1987	Costa de Hiscaguán	Monumento Natural (III)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Oceanic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aguas y acantilados del Norte de La Palma (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aguas-y-acantilados-del-norte-de-la-palma-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.