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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
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident (1995)	60 pairs	B2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter (2009)	max 300 birds	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Jandía	Parque Natural (II)	40
1987	Jandía	Nature Park (V)	99

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	major (>10)	Semidesert
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	26
tourism/recreation	26
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sotavento beach (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sotavento-beach-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.