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The site was identified as important in 2011 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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2006	30-44 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2010	3-14 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	18-22 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Energy production and mining	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	La Vall del Monestir de Poblet	Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional	2
1992	Muntanyes de Prades	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	37
1992	Serra del Montsant	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	14
1992	Pas de l`Ase	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	9
1992	Riu Siurana i planes del Priorat	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	3
1997	Muntanyes de Prades	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	37
1998	Barranc del Titllar	Reserva Natural Parcial	1
1998	Barranc de la Trinitat	Reserva Natural Parcial	<1
2002	Serra del Montsant	Parque Natural	11
2005	Riu Siurana i planes del Priorat	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2006	Muntanyes de Prades	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	38
2006	Serra de Montsant-Pas de l'Ase	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	24
2006	Serra de Montsant-Pas de l'Ase	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	21
2006	Riu Siurana i planes del Priorat	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	40
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	30
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	20
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	75
forestry	30
agriculture	10
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Montsant and Prades mountains (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/montsant-and-prades-mountains-iba-spain on 26/11/2024.