Mantenimiento programado (scheduled maintenance) el
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Garajao común, charrán común
Metazoa
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
A193
ENDEMICITY
Canarias Gender Do not
Species Do not
Subspecies -
Macaronesia Gender Do not
Species Do not
Subspecies -
Distribution in the Canary Islands
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  • High confidence - Land
  • High confidence - Marine (<200m)
  • Medium / low confidence
  • No information

  • With presence in the sea
  • No presence at sea
Worldwide distribution

Canaries, Azores, Madeira and Savages. Europe, the Middle East, Black Sea and Caspian to the Yenisei Valley, a few areas of Africa (Senegal, Mauritania and Tunisia), North America and the Caribbean.

Distribution in the Canary Islands

Coastal areas of almost the entire island of El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife (except East coast), Gran Canaria (except East coast) and Fuerteventura (except West coast).

Origin

Habitat

The nests are very rudimentary, using shallow depressions in the ground. Normally it takes place on rocks or coasts more or less isolated and inaccessible by land. Exceptionally they come to breed in anchored fishing boats. During the breeding season they make movements of several kilometers towards feeding areas. After the reproduction they leave the archipelago possibly to winter in the African coasts. (Martín & Lorenzo, 2001)

Population data

In the census conducted in 2007 the population was estimated between 18 and 25 couples: 5 in Gran Canaria, between 8 and 10 in Tenerife, between 2 and 4 in La Gomera and between 3 and 6 in El Hierro. (Díaz-Bertrana, M. et al., 2009)

Directiva Aves
Island Category
Tenerife Anexo I
La Palma Anexo I
La Gomera Anexo I
Gran Canaria Anexo I
Fuerteventura Anexo I
El Hierro Anexo I
Lanzarote Anexo I
Acuerdo de la Haya
Island Category
Tenerife Anexo 2
La Palma Anexo 2
La Gomera Anexo 2
Gran Canaria Anexo 2
Fuerteventura Anexo 2
El Hierro Anexo 2
Lanzarote Anexo 2
Convenio de Bonn
Island Category
Tenerife Apéndice 2
La Palma Apéndice 2
La Gomera Apéndice 2
Gran Canaria Apéndice 2
Fuerteventura Apéndice 2
El Hierro Apéndice 2
Lanzarote Apéndice 2
Convenio de Berna
Island Category
Tenerife Anejo II
La Palma Anejo II
La Gomera Anejo II
Gran Canaria Anejo II
Fuerteventura Anejo II
El Hierro Anejo II
Lanzarote Anejo II
 
Sexenal 2008-2012
Sexenal 2013-2018
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