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The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident	2009	min 100 breeding pairs	C6
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta	LC	resident	2009	min 50 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	2005	min 120 males	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	resident	2009	20-30 breeding pairs	C6
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2009	4-5 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2009	8-15 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 9 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	2009	min 40 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Alt Àneu	Reserva Natural Parcial	<1
1987	Noguera Pallaresa-Bonaigua	Reserva Natural Parcial	<1
1992	Alt Pirineu	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	77
1992	Marimanha	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	6
1996	Alt Pallars	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	72
2003	Alt Pirineu	Parque Natural	69
2006	Alt Pallars	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	45

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	45
Shrubland	Scrub	30
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Mesophile grasslands	25

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
tourism/recreation	26
agriculture	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alt Pallars (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alt-pallars-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.