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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
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (2007)	600 pairs	B2
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding (1996)	38 pairs	B2, C2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident (2004)	1–2 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Frontera	Parque Rural (V)	3
1994	Mencáfete	Reserva Natural Integral (Ib)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Western coast of El Hierro (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/western-coast-of-el-hierro-iba-spain on 22/12/2024.