Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 188,121 ha
Protection status:
Site description
A bay with mudflats, saltwater marshes, saltwater lagoons and raised saltmarsh, islands, rocky coast, beaches, grassland and arable land.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage and in winter, on a regular basis.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Golfe du Morbihan et Etier de Penerf. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 15/10/2019.
