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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident (2010)	30–40 males	C6
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (2010)	6–7 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2009)	min 11 pairs	A1, C1, C2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (2008)	min 374 pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (2008)	min 5 pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident (2010)	5–10 pairs	A1, C1
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident (2010)	30–50 pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (2002)	150–240 pairs	B2, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Serra de Boumort	National Game Reserve (-)	22
1987	Noguera Pallaresa-Collegats	Reserva Natural Parcial (IV)	<1
1987	Noguera Pallaresa--Collegats	Natural Reserve (-)	<1
1992	Serra de Boumort	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V)	18
1992	Serra de Carreu-Sant Corneli	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V)	9
1992	Serra d`Aubenç i Roc de Cogul	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V)	7
1992	Collegats-Queralt	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V)	4
1992	Serra de Prada-Castellàs	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V)	4
1992	Serra Mitjana	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	65	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Treeline ecotone
Grassland	10	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	10	Scree & boulders
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Forestry plantations

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	55
hunting	40
agriculture	30
other	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Boumort mountains (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/boumort-mountains-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.