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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	1996	20 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Little Owl Athene noctua	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Scops-owl Otus scops	LC	breeding	1991	1-10 breeding pairs	B2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	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
1997	Verdon	Parc naturel régional	95
2005	Valensole	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2006	Plateau de Valensole	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2012	Catalany	Arrêté de protection de biotope	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	85
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	10
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	85
hunting	10
forestry	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plateau de Valensole (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plateau-de-valensole-iba-france on 23/11/2024.