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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	2009	present	B2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2007	min 150 breeding pairs	C7
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident	2011	1 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	2008	min 1 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	non-breeding	2007	min 50 individuals	B2, C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	2007	present	B2, 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 (2016) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Archipiélago de Chinijo	Parque Natural	97
1996	Archipiélago Chinijo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	77
2006	Islotes del norte de Lanzarote y Famara	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	77

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Semidesert	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Famara crag (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/famara-crag-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.