Haute chaîne du Jura: défilé de l'écluse, Etournel et Mont Vuache (France) IBA | Summary

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Haute chaîne du Jura: défilé de l'écluse, Etournel et Mont Vuache

Current view: summary

Country/territory: France

IBA criteria met: A4iv, B1iv, B2, C5, C6 (2000)
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Area: 12,400 hectares (124.00 km²)

Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux

Site description (2000 baseline)
An area of ponds, a river with riverine forest, cliffs and rocky slopes, conifer forests, and alpine meadows.

Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding mountain and forest species. The site is a major migratory bottleneck, where more than 20,000 raptors pass on a regular basis (including Pernis apivorus 10,000; Milvus migrans 20,000; Buteo buteo 20,000).

Attributes
Raptors MOU - IBA listed under Table 3 of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Haute chaîne du Jura: défilé de l'écluse, Etournel et Mont Vuache (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/haute-chaîne-du-jura:-défilé-de-lécluse-etournel-et-mont-vuache-iba-france on 23/12/2024.