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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
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba bollii	LC	resident	2003	40-50 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
White-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba junoniae	NT	resident	2003	min 50 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	LC	resident	2010	present	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Las Lagunetas	Paisaje Protegido	73
1987	Las Palomas	Reserva Natural Especial	22
1987	La Resbala	Paisaje Protegido	24
1989	Montes y cumbre de Tenerife	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	82
1994	Pinoleris	Reserva Natural Integral	3
1996	Las Lagunetas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	34
1996	Las Palomas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	29
1996	La Resbala	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
1996	Pinoleris	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-
Introduced vegetation		-
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: Santa Trsula and La Victoria laurel forest (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/santa-trsula-and-la-victoria-laurel-forest-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.