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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
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 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.

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Montagne de l'Espinouse et du Caroux	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,392	protected area overlaps with site	3,392
Le Caroux-Espinouse	Réserve nationale de chasse et de faune sauvage	1,703	protected area overlaps with site	0
Le Caroux et l'Espinouse	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,316	protected area overlaps with site	2,321
Le Caroux	Hunting Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
La Peyroutarié, le Fourcat d'Héric et le Mascar	Arrêté de protection de biotope	321	protected area contained by site	0
Haut-Languedoc	Parc naturel régional	305,719	protected area overlaps with site	0
Grands Causses	Parc naturel régional	327,937	protected area overlaps with site	0
FR245	Biological Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Espinouse	Réserve biologique	186	protected area overlaps with site	0
Crêtes du Mont Marcou et des Monts de Mare	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,481	protected area overlaps with site	1,052

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland	Heathland, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

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 (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Montagnes de Marcou, de l'Espinouse et du Caroux. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.