Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 (1995) |
10 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Plain Swift Apus unicolor |
LC |
resident (2009) |
present |
A2, B2 |
| Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus |
LC |
resident (1995) |
6 pairs |
C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
resident (2008) |
4 pairs |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae |
NT |
resident (2006) |
870–1,425 pairs |
A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii |
LC |
resident (2009) |
present |
A2 |
| Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
present |
C6 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1987 |
Betancuria
|
Parque Rural (V) |
5 |
| 1987 |
Ajuí
|
Monumento Natural (III) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
26 |
Arable land; Ruderal land |
| Desert |
- |
Semidesert |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Inland cliffs |
| Shrubland |
- |
|
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Rivers and streams |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
26 |
| tourism/recreation |
26 |
| water management |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gully of Ajuí-Betancuria (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gully-of-ajuí-betancuria-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
