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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1991	6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	breeding	1991	10-15 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	1991	1-10 breeding pairs	C6
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	breeding	1991	5-50 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1991	5 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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Montagnes du Barétous	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14,600	protected area overlaps with site	9,897
Montagnes de la Haute Soule	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14,750	protected area overlaps with site	4,069
Massif du Layens	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5,750	protected area overlaps with site	545
Le Saison (cours d'eau)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,200	protected area overlaps with site	134
Le Gave d'Oloron (cours d'eau) et marais de Labastide-Villefranche	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,450	protected area overlaps with site	180
Le Gave d'Aspe et le Lourdios (cours d'eau)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,600	protected area overlaps with site	167
Hautes vallées d'Aspe et d'Ossau	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	49,218	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Haute Soule : massif de la Pierre Saint-Martin	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	18,353	protected area overlaps with site	18,353
Eth Thuron des Aureys	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,187	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Haute Soule : massif de la Pierre-St-Martin.. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.