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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
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident (2009)	present	B2
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba bollii	LC	resident (1999)	min 1,000 pairs	A2, B2, C2, C6
White-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba junoniae	NT	resident (1999)	10–100 pairs	A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	non-breeding (2009)	present	A2
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	LC	resident (1999)	10–15 pairs	C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident (2009)	present	A2
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident (2009)	present	A2, B3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1981	Garajonay	Parque Nacional (II)	83
1986	Garajonay National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	76
1987	Los Roques	Monumento Natural (III)	2
1987	Benchijigua	Reserva Natural Integral (Ib)	1
1994	Majona	Parque Natural (II)	1
1994	Orone	Paisaje Protegido (V)	1
1994	Roque Blanco	Monumento Natural (III)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	26	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Shrubland	26	Scrub; Heathland
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Forestry plantations
Introduced vegetation	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	26
tourism/recreation	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Garajonay National Park (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/garajonay-national-park-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.