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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
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	breeding	1991	100-200 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	1991	30-40 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	breeding	1991	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1991	1-10 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1991	1-10 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1991	10-15 breeding pairs	B2, C6

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
1970	Vercors	Parc naturel régional	100
1985	Hauts Plateaux du Vercors	Réserve naturelle nationale	32
1993	Le Gouret	Arrêté de protection de biotope	<1
1995	Hauts plateaux et contreforts du Vercors oriental	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	33
1995	La Bourne	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1995	Pelouses; forêts remarquables et habitats rocheux du Plateau du Sornin	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Tuffières du Vercors	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Archiane	Réserve biologique	<1
2006	Hauts plateaux du Vercors	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	31
2008	Grotte de Bournillon	Arrêté de protection de biotope	<1
2009	Vercors	Réserve biologique	3
2010	Les Ecouges	Réserve biologique	<1
2010	Engins	Réserve biologique	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hauts Plateaux du Vercors et Forêt des Coulmes (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hauts-plateaux-du-vercors-et-forêt-des-coulmes-iba-france on 23/11/2024.