FR191
Col de Lizarrieta


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Greylag Goose Anser anser LC passage (1991) 1,000–10,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage (1991) 1,000–15,000 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus LC passage (1991) 10–50 birds C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes n/a passage (1991) 4,000–21,600 birds B1iv, C5

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Shrubland - Heathland

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
hunting -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Col de Lizarrieta (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/col-de-lizarrieta-iba-france on 05/12/2024.