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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
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor	LC	resident (2009)	present	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident (2008)	10 pairs	A1, C1, C2, C6
Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae	NT	resident (2006)	500–800 pairs	A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident (1995)	common	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Los Cuchillos de Vigán	Monumento Natural (III)	55
1994	Malpaís Grande	Paisaje Protegido (V)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	26	Semidesert
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pozo Negro mountain-Vigán (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pozo-negro-mountain-vigán-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.