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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
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	1993	6 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1993-1995	5-6 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	20	20	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Rock Dove Columba livia	80	80	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Calonectris diomedea	50	50	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Burhinus oedicnemus	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Charadrius alexandrinus	9	9	adults	100	favourable
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Lanius excubitor	5	5	individuals	100	favourable
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata	60	60	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis	100	100	individuals	100	favourable
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	50	50	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	20	20	adults	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Pollution	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1994	Montaña Roja	Reserva Natural Especial	13
1994	Montaña Pelada	Monumento Natural	11
1996	Montaña Roja	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13
1998	Sebadales del sur de Tenerife	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2008	Montaña Roja	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	13

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Ruderal land	-
Desert	Semidesert	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	26
tourism/recreation	26
agriculture	-
military	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Médano coast (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-médano-coast-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.