Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
An area of scrub, steppe-grassland and sea cliffs on the south-west tip of Lanzarote. Human activities include livestock-farming and residential use.
This is an important area for
Chlamydotis undulata and other steppic birds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Threats include soil extraction, habitat fragmentation due to new roads and powerlines, and disturbance to birds caused by jeep-safaris. The area is a game refuge. The local government has undertaken four censuses of
Chlamydotis undulata since 1979, and monitoring of the impacts of electric powerlines on birds takes place.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plains of Mareta-Hoya de la Yegua (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plains-of-mareta-hoya-de-la-yegua-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.
