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Tamadaba pine woodland


IBA Justification

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 List1 Season Year(s) 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

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1987 Tamadaba Parque Natural 74
1987 Nublo Parque Rural 22
1987 Roque Nublo Monumento Natural -
1994 Roque Nublo Rural Park 23
1997 Tamadaba Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 77
1997 El Nublo II Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 21
2006 Tamadaba Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 91

Habitats

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

Land use

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


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 03/12/2024.