Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Brent Goose Branta bernicla | LC | winter | 1997 | 4,860-8,360 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator | LC | winter | 1997 | 1,530-1,965 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator | LC | passage | 1997 | 2,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | LC | winter | 1997 | 2,450-4,250 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | LC | winter | 1997 | 180-652 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta | LC | winter | 1997 | 1,075-2,350 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis | LC | winter | 1997 | 970-1,493 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia | LC | passage | 1997 | 20-60 individuals | B1i, C2 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | breeding | 1991 | 50-100 breeding pairs | C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | winter | 1997 | 515-905 individuals | B1i, B2, C2 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding | 1997 | 140-142 breeding pairs | B3, C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | breeding | 1995 | 54 breeding pairs | C6 |
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola | LC | winter | 1997 | 1,720-2,510 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Dunlin Calidris alpina | LC | winter | 1997 | 15,200-29,780 individuals | A4i, B1i, B2, C3 |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus | LC | passage | 1997 | 1,000-2,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 100-500 breeding pairs | B3 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | breeding | 1991 | 50-200 breeding pairs | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 5-8 breeding pairs | C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1997 | 20,000-49,999 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
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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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Zone de tranquilité pour l'avifaune de l'ouest du golfe du Morbihan | Arrêté de protection de biotope | 473 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Treac'h er Goured | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 52 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Rivière de Penerf; marais de Suscinio | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 4,912 | protected area overlaps with site | 3,126 |
Rivière de Pénerf | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 4,495 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,495 |
RIVES DU VINCIN | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 43 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ria d'Etel | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 4,259 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Pointes Nord de la Presqu'Ile de Rhuys | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 10 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
POINTE DES POULAINS | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 15 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
POINTE DES EMIGRES | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 30 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Plateau du Four | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 4,208 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Mor Braz | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 40,276 | protected area contained by site | 39,490 |
Massif dunaire Gâvres-Quiberon et zones humides associées | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 6,818 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Massif dunaire Gavres-Quiberon et zones humides associées | Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) | 6,800 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
MARAIS SINAGOTS | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 355 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Marais salants de Guérande; traicts du Croisic, dunes de Pen Bron | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 3,622 | protected area overlaps with site | 389 |
Marais salants de Guérande; traicts du Croisic et dunes de Pen-Bron | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 4,376 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Marais salants de Guérande et du Més | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 5,200 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Marais du Mès; baie et dunes de Pont-Mahé, étang du Pont de Fer | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,688 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Marais du Mès; baie et dunes de Pont-Mahé, étang du Pont de Fer | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 2,688 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Marais de Séné | Réserve naturelle nationale | 410 | protected area overlaps with site | 410 |
MARAIS DE PENERF | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 40 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
MARAIS DE PEN AN TOUL | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 38 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
MARAIS DE NOYALO | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 6 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Marais de Duer | Arrêté de protection de biotope | 21 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
landes et Prairies de L'Ile aux Moines | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 53 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
KERPENHIR - LOPEREC | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 103 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
ILUR | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 38 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Ilots du golfe du Morbihan et abords | Arrêté de protection de biotope | 50 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ilot de Rion | Arrêté de protection de biotope | 2 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Iles Houat-Hoedic | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 17,770 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Iles Houat-Hoëdic | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 17,322 | protected area overlaps with site | 16,870 |
ILE DUMET | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 8 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
ILE AUX CHEVAUX | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 4 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Golfe du Morbihan; côte ouest de Rhuys | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 20,577 | protected area overlaps with site | 13,950 |
Golfe du Morbihan, côte Ouest de Rhuys | Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) | 20,500 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Golfe du Morbihan | Parc naturel régional | 64,125 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Golfe du Morbihan | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 9,502 | protected area overlaps with site | 7,123 |
Golfe du Morbihan | Réserve nationale de chasse et de faune sauvage | 7,358 | protected area contained by site | 1,500 |
Golfe du Morbihan | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 23,000 | protected area overlaps with site | 18,800 |
FR014 | Private Reserve | 30 | protected area contained by site | 30 |
Estuaire de la Vilaine | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 4,769 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
DUNES ET MARAIS DU FORT | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 37 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
COTE SAUVAGE | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 201 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Belle Île en mer | Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) | 17,300 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Belle Ile en mer | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 17,331 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Baie de Vilaine | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 6,851 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,853 |
Baie de Quiberon | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 905 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Shrubland | Heathland | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Sea | Sea inlets and coastal features | - |
Coastline | Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets, Lagoons, Mud flats & sand flats, Salt marshes, Shingle & stony beaches | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
hunting | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Golfe du Morbihan et Etier de Penerf. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/05/2022.