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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	2008	20-50 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	2008	10-20 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	resident	2008	10-20 breeding pairs	A2
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata	VU	resident	2006	1-9 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	2008	20-50 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor	LC	resident	2006	90-100 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	2008	5 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae	NT	resident	2006	95-160 breeding pairs	A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2008	30-60 breeding pairs	A2
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	2009	100-200 breeding pairs	C2, 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	Caldera de Gairía	Monumento Natural	3
1989	Pozo Negro	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	21
1994	Malpaís Grande	Paisaje Protegido	21
1998	Pozo Negro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	21

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Llano Grande - Malpaís Grande - Malpaís Chico (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/llano-grande--malpaís-grande--malpaís-chico-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.