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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
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	resident	2009	present	B2
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2007	750 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	2007	min 20 breeding pairs	B2
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding	2007	min 15 breeding pairs	B2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident	2009	4-5 breeding pairs	C6

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
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	2	2	adults	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	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
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Energy production and mining	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Geological events	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Teno	Parque Rural	82
1989	Teno	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	82
1996	Teno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	73
1996	Franja marina Teno-Rasca	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2014	Espacio marino de La Gomera-Teno	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	26
hunting	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Los Gigantes coastal cliff (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/los-gigantes-coastal-cliff-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.