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 |
| Plain Swift Apus unicolor |
LC |
resident (2009) |
present |
B2 |
| African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata |
VU |
resident (2006) |
23–30 birds |
A1, B2, C1, C2 |
| Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor |
LC |
resident (2006) |
min 70 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
| Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens |
LC |
resident (2009) |
present |
B2 |
| Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae |
NT |
resident (2006) |
45–80 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii |
LC |
resident (2009) |
present |
B3 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1987 |
Betancuria
|
Parque Rural (V) |
22 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
26 |
Arable land |
| Desert |
26 |
Semidesert |
| Grassland |
26 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Inland cliffs |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Rivers and streams |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
26 |
| tourism/recreation |
26 |
| military |
- |
| water management |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Los Molinos gully-Plain of La Laguna (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/los-molinos-gully-plain-of-la-laguna-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.
