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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (2007)	1,700–3,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage (2005)	100,000–125,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	winter (2009)	min 200 birds	A1, C1
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	passage (2009)	min 500 birds	A1, C1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2009)	min 3 pairs	A1, C1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	passage (2009)	800–2,000 birds	A1, A4ii, B1iii, C1, C2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	passage (2009)	min 600 birds	B1iii, C2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (2009)	min 60 pairs	C2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (2009)	90–300 birds	C2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (2009)	min 20,000 birds	A4iv, B1iv, C5

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Los Alcornocales	Parque Natural (V)	3
1989	Playa de los Lances	Paraje Natural (II)	3
2003	Estrecho	Parque Natural (V)	55
2006	Intercontinental BR of the Mediterranean	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	26	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Ruderal land
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
military	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tarifa (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tarifa-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.