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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2006	30-44 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2010	3-14 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	18-22 breeding pairs	C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - persecution/control	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	other ecosystem modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Transportation and service corridors	utility & service lines	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tivissa-Vandellòs-Llaberia	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	24,532	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Tivissa-Vandellòs-Llaberia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	24,532	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Serra del Montsant	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	11,762	protected area contained by site	0
Serra del Montsant	Parque Natural	9,242	protected area contained by site	0
Serra de Montsant-Pas de l'Ase	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19,532	protected area contained by site	0
Serra de Montsant-Pas de l'Ase	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	19,532	protected area contained by site	17,105
Serra de Llaberia	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	10,350	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Riu Siurana i planes del Priorat	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,879	protected area overlaps with site	0
Riu Siurana i planes del Priorat	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	2,879	protected area overlaps with site	0
Riu Siurana i planes del Priorat	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,879	protected area overlaps with site	2,749
Pas de l`Ase	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	7,770	protected area overlaps with site	0
Muntanyes de Prades	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	30,726	protected area overlaps with site	0
Muntanyes de Prades	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	30,726	protected area overlaps with site	0
Muntanyes de Prades	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	30,726	protected area overlaps with site	30,726
La Vall del Monestir de Poblet	Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional	2,460	protected area overlaps with site	0
Barranc del Titllar	Reserva Natural Parcial	655	protected area contained by site	0
Barranc de la Trinitat	Reserva Natural Parcial	264	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
not utilised	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Montsant and Prades mountains. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.