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Pajonales, Ojeda, Inagua and La Data pine woodlands


IBA Justification

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
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major LC resident 1999 min 200 breeding pairs C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii LC resident 2009 present A2
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki EN resident 2010 80-90 breeding pairs A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6
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.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1987 Nublo Parque Rural 66
1987 Inagua Reserva Natural Integral 44
1987 Los Marteles Reserva Natural Especial 17
1987 Las Cumbres Paisaje Protegido 15
1987 Riscos de Tirajana Monumento Natural 9
1987 Roque Nublo Monumento Natural 5
1996 Riscos de Tirajana Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 9
1996 Los Marteles Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 8
1996 Roque de Nublo Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 5
1997 Ojeda; Inagua y Pajonales Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 41
1997 El Nublo II Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 19
1997 Hoya del Gamonal Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 7
2005 Gran Canaria UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve -
2006 Ojeda; Inagua y Pajonales Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 42

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Native coniferous woodland 26
Artificial/Terrestrial Forestry plantations -
Shrubland Scrub -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 26
forestry 26
nature conservation and research 26


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pajonales, Ojeda, Inagua and La Data pine woodlands (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pajonales-ojeda-inagua-and-la-data-pine-woodlands-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.