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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	10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	resident	2009	present	A2, B2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1995	6 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	2008	4 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae	NT	resident	2006	870-1,425 breeding 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

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	Betancuria	Parque Rural	5
1987	Ajuí	Monumento Natural	<1
1989	Betancuria	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
1996	Betancuria	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	22
1997	Vega de Río Palmas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1998	Ancones-Sice	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Ruderal land	26
Desert	Semidesert	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
tourism/recreation	26
water management	-

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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 23/11/2024.