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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
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba bollii	LC	resident	1999	min 1,000 breeding pairs	A2, B2, C2, C6
White-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba junoniae	NT	resident	1999	10-100 breeding 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 breeding pairs	C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2009	present	A2
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2009	present	A2, 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
1981	Garajonay	Parque Nacional	83
1986	Garajonay National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	76
1987	Garajonay	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	62
1987	Los Roques	Monumento Natural	2
1987	Benchijigua	Reserva Natural Integral	1
1994	Majona	Parque Natural	1
1994	Orone	Paisaje Protegido	1
1994	Roque Blanco	Monumento Natural	<1
1996	Majona	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1996	Benchijigua	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1996	Orone	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1996	Roque Blanco	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Teselinde-Cabecera de Vallehermoso	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
1997	Cabecera Barranco de Aguajilva	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1998	Garajonay	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	77

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-
Introduced vegetation		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.