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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding	2002	15 breeding pairs	B1iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sligo and Leitrim uplands. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sligo-and-leitrim-uplands-iba-ireland on 21/09/2023.