Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
LC
breeding
1991
10-100 breeding pairs
C6
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA 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
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
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 more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
forestry
-
hunting
-
tourism/recreation
-
urban/industrial/transport
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Montagnes de Marcou, de l'Espinouse et du Caroux. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/montagnes-de-marcou-de-lespinouse-et-du-caroux-iba-france on 04/10/2023.