• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	breeding (1991)	10–100 pairs	B2, C6
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	breeding (1991)	25–100 pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding (1991)	1–10 pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding (1991)	10–100 pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding (1991)	10–100 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1977	Queyras	Parc naturel régional (V)	100
2005	Vallon de Bouchouse	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	1
2007	Ristolas - Mont-Viso	Réserve naturelle nationale (IV)	42

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

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

---

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 23/12/2024.