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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
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	resident (2009)	present	A2
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	LC	resident (2009)	min 250 pairs	C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident (2009)	present	A2
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki	EN	resident (2010)	2–7 pairs	A2, C2, C6
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident (2009)	present	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Tamadaba	Parque Natural (V)	74
1987	Nublo	Parque Rural (V)	22
1987	Roque Nublo	Monumento Natural (III)	-
1994	Roque Nublo	Rural Park (-)	23

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	26	Native coniferous woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Forestry plantations
Shrubland	-	Heathland

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
tourism/recreation	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tamadaba pine woodland (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tamadaba-pine-woodland-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.