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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
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	2010	30-40 males	C6
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2010	6-7 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2009	min 11 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	min 374 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 5 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2010	5-10 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	2010	30-50 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2002	150-240 breeding pairs	B2, C2, 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
-	Serra de Boumort	National Game Reserve	22
1987	Noguera Pallaresa-Collegats	Reserva Natural Parcial	<1
1987	Noguera Pallaresa--Collegats	Natural Reserve	<1
1992	Serra de Boumort	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	18
1992	Serra de Carreu-Sant Corneli	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	9
1992	Serra d`Aubenç i Roc de Cogul	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	7
1992	Collegats-Queralt	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	4
1992	Serra de Prada-Castellàs	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	4
1992	Serra Mitjana	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	3
1996	Serra de Boumort-Collegats	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	31
1996	Serra d'Aubenç i Roc de Cogul	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
1997	Serres del Montsec; Sant Mamet i Mitjana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2001	Serra de Boumort-Collegats	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	32
2001	Serra d'Aubenç i Roc de Cogul	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5
2003	Serra de Prada-Castellàs	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2005	Serres del Montsec; Sant Mamet i Mitjana	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2006	Serra de Prada-Castellàs	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Treeline ecotone	65
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	10
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.