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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	2007	min 50 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2007	1,275 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	2007	min 20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding	2007	65 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2007	1-5 breeding pairs	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident	2007	4 breeding pairs	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	Valle de Gran Rey	Parque Rural	20
1987	Acantilados de Alajeró	Sitio de Interés Científico	34
1987	Charco de Cieno	Sitio de Interés Científico	1
1987	Juan Mayor	Sitio de Interés Científico	35
1987	Acantilados de La Culata	Paisaje Protegido	2
1989	Acantilados de Alajeró; La Dama y Valle Gran Rey	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	47
1994	Orone	Paisaje Protegido	7
1994	Charco del Cieno	Site of Scientific Interest	1
1996	Orone	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
1996	Charco de Cieno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1996	Charco del Conde	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1997	Franja marina Santiago-Valle Gran Rey	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9
1997	Barranco de Argaga	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2000	Risco de la Mérica	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2014	Espacio marino de La Gomera-Teno	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South-west coast of La Gomera (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-west-coast-of-la-gomera-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.