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Tauro 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major LC resident (2009) present C6
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki EN resident (2010) present C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1987 Tauro Monumento Natural (III) 58
1987 Nublo Parque Rural (V) 10

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 100 Native coniferous woodland
Shrubland - Scrub

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 26
forestry 26


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