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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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	resident	-	1 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	resident	-	1-15 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
-	Nature reserves at Plateau des Tailles	Nature Reserve	6
1992	Colanhan	Réserve naturelle agréée	<1
1999	Plateau des Tailles (province Luxembourg et Liège)	Réserve naturelle domaniale	11
2001	PN des Deux Ourthes	Parc naturel	25
2002	Fagnes de Samrée et de Tailles	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2002	Fagnes de Bihain	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
2002	Fanges des sources de l'Aisne	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
2002	Sources de la Lienne	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2002	Sources de la Lienne	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2002	Haute vallée de l'Aisne	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2002	Fagne de la Crépale et prairies de Malempré	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Haute vallée de l'Aisne (Erezée; La Roche-en-Ardenne; Manhay)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2002	Fagnes de Samrée et de Tailles (Houffalize; La Roche-en-Ardenne; Vielsalm)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2002	Fagne de la Crépale et prairies de Malempré (Lierneux; Manhay)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Fagnes de Bihain (Gouvy; Houffalize; Vielsalm)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
2002	Fanges des sources de l'Aisne (Manhay)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
2004	Fagnes de Bihain (Gouvy; Houffalize; Vielsalm)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
2004	Fanges des sources de l'Aisne (Manhay)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2004	Fagne de la Crépale (Lierneux)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Haute vallée de l'Aisne (Erezée; La Roche-en-Ardenne; Manhay)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2004	Fagnes de Samrée et de Tailles (Houffalize; La Roche-en-Ardenne; Vielsalm)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
2014	Fagnes de Bihain	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
2015	Fagnes de Samrée et de Tailles	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10
2015	Fanges des sources de l'Aisne	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7
2015	Haute vallée de l'Aisne	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2015	Fagne de la Crépale et prairies de Malempré	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2017	Martin Moulin (vallée du)	Certified Nature Reserve (Walloon Region)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	70
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	20
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	70
forestry	60
agriculture	20
nature conservation and research	10
urban/industrial/transport	5
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tailles (Belgium). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tailles-iba-belgium on 23/11/2024.