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 |
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis |
LC |
resident (2005) |
193–545 pairs |
C2, C6 |
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata |
VU |
resident (2006) |
16–33 birds |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus |
LC |
resident (2005) |
42–147 pairs |
B1i, C2, C6 |
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor |
LC |
resident (2006) |
290–350 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae |
NT |
resident (2006) |
130–210 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2 |
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii |
LC |
resident (2005) |
497–894 pairs |
B3 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2008 |
good |
very high |
very low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
population |
medium |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
1987 |
Jandía
|
Parque Natural (II) |
94 |
1987 |
Jandía
|
Nature Park (V) |
40 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Desert |
52 |
Semidesert |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
Marine Intertidal |
minor (<10) |
|
Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Other urban and industrial areas |
Land use |
% of IBA |
agriculture |
26 |
tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isthmus of Jandía sandy plain (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/isthmus-of-jandía-sandy-plain-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.