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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
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	LC	resident (2008)	5–15 pairs	C6
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki	EN	resident (2010)	present	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Pilancones	Parque Natural (II)	100
1987	Nublo	Parque Rural (V)	26
1987	Fataga	Paisaje Protegido (V)	3

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

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
agriculture	26
hunting	-

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