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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	15-20 breeding pairs	C6
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta	LC	resident	2010	50-80 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	2010	13-15 males	C6
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus	LC	breeding	2009	max 1 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	50-100 breeding pairs	B2, C2

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	Not assessed	Not assessed	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1966	Cerdana	National Game Reserve	87
1987	La Llosa	Reserva Natural Parcial	<1
1992	Tossa Plana de Lles-Puigpedrós	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	59
1992	Beneïdor	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	2
1996	Riu de la Llosa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Beneïdor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2006	Tossa Plana de Lles-Puigpedrós	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	59
2006	Tossa Plana de Lles-Puigpedrós	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	59
2006	Beneïdor	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2006	Riu Verneda	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Riu Duran	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2014	Riu de la Llosa	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	<1
2014	Riu Verneda	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	<1
2014	Riu Duran	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		26
Grassland		26
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		26
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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