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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	passage	1997	300-800 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1997	10-30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1991	20-30 breeding pairs	C6
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	LC	breeding	1991	100-200 breeding pairs	B2
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1997	10-50 breeding pairs	C6

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Mas Larrieu	Réserve naturelle nationale	145	protected area overlaps with site	145
MAS LARRIEU	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	115	protected area overlaps with site	0
Le Tech	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,467	protected area overlaps with site	74
Grau des Basses	Arrêté de protection de biotope	8	protected area contained by site	0
Golfe du Lion	Parc naturel marin	401,900	protected area is adjacent to site	0
FR239	Hunting Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
ETANG DE CANET - SAINT-NAZAIRE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	1,181	protected area contained by site	0
Embouchure du Tech et Grau de la Massane	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	954	protected area overlaps with site	129
Complexe lagunaire de Canet-Saint Nazaire	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,869	protected area overlaps with site	1,706
Complexe lagunaire de Canet	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,872	protected area overlaps with site	1,712

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Tidal rivers and enclosed tidal waters, Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Etangs de Canet et de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho et embouchure du Tech. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/06/2021.