Hautes garrigues du Montpellierais (France) IBA | Summary

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Hautes garrigues du Montpellierais

Current view: Summary

Country/territory: France
Subnational region(s): Languedoc-Roussillon

IBA Justification: A1, B1iv, B2, C1, C5, C6 (2000)

Area: 90,700 hectares (907.00 km²)

BirdLife Partner(s): 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 (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hautes garrigues du Montpellierais (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hautes-garrigues-du-montpellierais-iba-france on 19/01/2025.