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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 (2009)	present	C6
Tenerife Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea	NT	resident (2005)	max 200 pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1954	El Teide	Parque Nacional (II)	18
1987	Corona Forestal	Parque Natural (II)	81
1987	Ladera S. Ursula, Los Organos, Altos del Valle.	Nature Park (V)	100
2007	Teide National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	14

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	26	Native coniferous woodland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
hunting	-

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