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The site was identified as important 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
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	LC	resident	2008	5-15 breeding pairs	C6
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki	EN	resident	2010	present	C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Pilancones	Parque Natural	100
1987	Nublo	Parque Rural	26
1987	Fataga	Paisaje Protegido	3
1989	Ayagaures y Pilancones	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1996	Pilancones	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	68
1996	Fataga	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1997	El Nublo II	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	28

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	100
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.