BirdLife Data Zone

CA398

Lagune du Havre aux Basques et plage de l'Ouest

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	unknown	1988	1,000 individuals	A4i
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	LC	passage	1985	7,619 individuals	A4i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	breeding	1991	6 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1973	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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IBA Protection

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA
Habitat d'une espèce faunique menacée ou vulnérable Pluvier Sif. Ps-012 Goulet Havre-Basques	Habitat faunique : Habitat d'une espèce faunique menacée ou vulnérable	209	protected area overlaps with site
Habitat d'une espèce faunique menacée ou vulnérable Pluvier Sif. Ps-011 Dune De L'Ouest	Habitat faunique : Habitat d'une espèce faunique menacée ou vulnérable	55	protected area overlaps with site
Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île du Sud du Havre-Aux-Basques # 1, # 2	Habitat faunique : Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île	1	protected area contained by site

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lagune du Havre aux Basques et plage de l'Ouest. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.