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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	1995	6 breeding pairs	B2
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata	VU	resident	2006	185-347 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1995	common	B2, C6
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor	LC	resident	2006	160-190 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	LC	resident	2009	present	B2
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens	LC	resident	1995	common	B2
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	1995	common	B3

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	Archipiélago de Chinijo	Parque Natural	27
1996	Archipiélago Chinijo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	32
2006	Islotes del norte de Lanzarote y Famara	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	74

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	52
Shrubland		26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
tourism/recreation	26

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