FR225
Hautes garrigues du Montpellierais


Country/territory: France

IBA criteria met: A1, B1iv, B2, C1, C5, C6 (2000)
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Area: 90,700 hectares (907.00 km2)

Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux

Site description (2000 baseline)
An area of garrigue with vineyards, Pinus woodlands, rivers, cliffs and rocky slopes.

Key biodiversity
The site is a migratory bottleneck, where 3,000 or more raptors regularly pass (including Pernis apivorus 2,000; Milvus migrans 1,000).

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: Hautes garrigues du Montpellierais (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hautes-garrigues-du-montpellierais-iba-france on 22/12/2024.