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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1991	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	winter	1997	575-1,480 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	winter	1997	10,000-12,800 individuals	B2
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding	1991	350 breeding pairs	B3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding	1991	440 breeding pairs	B3
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	1996	105-110 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1991	190-210 breeding pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1997	750-1,100 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding	1991	12-13 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1997	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
POINTE DE PERHARIDY	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	5	protected area overlaps with site	0
Penn ar C'hleger	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	8	protected area overlaps with site	0
Marais du Curnic	Arrêté de protection de biotope	111	protected area is adjacent to site	0
MARAIS DE CURNIC	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	121	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ilots de la baie de Morlaix (terrestre)	Arrêté de protection de biotope	25	protected area contained by site	0
Ilots de la baie de Morlaix (marin)	Arrêté de protection de biotope	17	protected area contained by site	0
Guisseny	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	612	protected area overlaps with site	0
FR012	Private Reserve	5	protected area contained by site	5
BEG AN FRY	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	28	protected area overlaps with site	0
Baie de Morlaix	Hunting Reserve	1,800	protected area contained by site	1,800
Baie de Morlaix	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	26,600	protected area overlaps with site	0
BAIE DE MORLAIX	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	8	protected area contained by site	0
Baie de Morlaix	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	27,389	protected area overlaps with site	26,407
Baie de Morlaix	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	26,617	protected area overlaps with site	6,562
Baie de Goulven	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,234	protected area overlaps with site	0
Baie de Carantec	Hunting Reserve	200	protected area contained by site	200
Anse de Goulven; dunes de Keremma	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,065	protected area overlaps with site	0
Abers - Côtes des légendes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	22,714	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Abers - côtes des Légendes	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	22,700	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baies de Morlaix et de Carantec. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baies-de-morlaix-et-de-carantec-iba-france on 04/10/2023.