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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
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding (2001–2009)	4–130 pairs	B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (2009)	312–4,407 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding (2009)	1–9 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Timanfaya	Parque Nacional (II)	25
1987	Los Volcanes	Parque Natural (II)	27

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	26	Semidesert
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	-	Caves
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Mojón (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-mojón-iba-spain on 27/12/2024.