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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	2009	present	B2
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba bollii	LC	resident	2003	80-100 breeding pairs	A2, B2, C2, C6
White-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba junoniae	NT	resident	2003	80-100 breeding pairs	A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	resident	2009	present	A2, B2
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	LC	resident	2006	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2009	present	A2
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2009	present	A2, B3

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
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	7	7	breeding pairs	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	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Teno	Parque Rural	33
1987	Acantilados de La Culata	Paisaje Protegido	<1
1987	Interián	Sitio de Interés Científico	<1
1989	Teno	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	33
1996	Teno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	33
1996	Interián	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-
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
forestry	26
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mountain of Agua, gully of Los Cochinos and gully of Cuevas Negras (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mountain-of-agua-gully-of-los-cochinos-and-gully-of-cuevas-negras-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.