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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	1987	1,750 breeding pairs	B2
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	2007	30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding	2002	55 breeding pairs	B2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2007	10 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	present	B2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Guelguén	Reserva Natural Especial	1
1987	Costa de Hiscaguán	Monumento Natural	1
1996	Guelguén	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1996	Costa de Hiscaguán	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1998	Costa de Garafía	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
2003	Roques de Garafía	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2003	Roque Negro	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2014	Espacio marino del norte de La Palma	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Oceanic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.