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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
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba bollii	LC	resident	1985	125-150 breeding pairs	A2, B2, C2, C6
White-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba junoniae	NT	resident	1985	500-600 breeding pairs	A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	resident	2009	present	A2
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	LC	resident	2009	present	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	present	B2, C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2009	present	A2
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2009	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba bollii	150	150	individuals	100	favourable
White-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba junoniae	600	600	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1954	La Caldera de Taburiente	Parque Nacional	<1
1987	Las Nieves	Parque Natural	16
1987	Barranco de las Angustias	Paisaje Protegido	5
1987	Cumbre Vieja	Parque Natural	2
1987	Guelguén	Reserva Natural Especial	1
1987	Tablado	Paisaje Protegido	1
1987	Barranco del Agua	Sitio de Interés Científico	<1
1989	Cumbres y acantilados del norte de La Palma	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	32
1994	Pinar de Garafía	Reserva Natural Integral	3
1994	Pinar de Garafía	Integral Natural Reserve	3
1994	El Tablao	Protected Landscape	1
1996	Barlovento; Garafía, El Paso y Tijarafe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	18
1996	Las Nieves	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
1996	Barranco de las Angustias	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1996	El Paso y Santa Cruz de La Palma	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1996	Cumbre Vieja	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1996	Pinar de Garafía	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1996	Guelguén	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1996	Tablado	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1996	Barranco del Agua	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1996	Santa Cruz de La Palma	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1996	Breña Alta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Monteverde de Barranco Seco-Barranco del Agua	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1997	Monteverde de Gallegos-Franceses	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1997	Monteverde de Breña Alta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1997	Monteverde de Lomo Grande	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1997	Sabinar de La Galga	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Monteverde de Don Pedro-Juan Adalid	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Los Sables	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: La Palma laurel forest (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/la-palma-laurel-forest-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.