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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	1991	100-120 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	1991	20-30 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	1991	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1991	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus	LC	breeding	1991	100-500 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Haut-Jura	Parc naturel régional	100
1992	Massifs de Massacre, de Risoux, de la haute Joux et la Combe Noire	Arrêté de protection de biotope	42
1995	Massif du Risoux	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	42
1995	Vallée de l'Orbe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Massif du Risoux	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	42
2016	Vallée de l'Orbe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	85
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Forêt d'altitude du Jura : forêt du Risoux (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/forêt-daltitude-du-jura-:-forêt-du-risoux-iba-france on 23/11/2024.