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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
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	breeding	1991	25-100 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	1991	1-10 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	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
1977	Queyras	Parc naturel régional	100
1996	Haut Guil - Mont Viso - Val Preveyre	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2005	Vallon de Bouchouse	Arrêté de protection de biotope	1
2006	Vallée du Haut Guil	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	94
2007	Ristolas - Mont-Viso	Réserve naturelle nationale	42

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	53
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	14
Shrubland	Heathland	10
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vallée du Haut-Guil (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vallée-du-haut-guil-iba-france on 23/11/2024.