Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | IBA criteria triggered |
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Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | LC | winter | 1991 | 1,000-1,500 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus | LC | winter | 1991 | 2,000-5,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus | LC | passage | 1991 | 5,000-10,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris | LC | breeding | 1997 | 10-15 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus | LC | breeding | 1997 | 1-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | LC | breeding | 1997 | 1-150 breeding pairs | B2, C2, C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | breeding | 1991 | 100-800 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | winter | 1991 | 1,000-4,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Haematopus ostralegus | NR | breeding | 1997 | 62-65 breeding pairs | B1i, C3 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding | 1991 | 300-400 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | passage | 1991 | present | B2 |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | LC | breeding | 1997 | 20-50 breeding pairs | B2 |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei | LC | breeding | 1997 | 100-250 breeding pairs | C2 |
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus | LC | breeding | 1997 | 50-120 breeding pairs | C2 |
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis | LC | breeding | 1991 | 1,800 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | breeding | 1991 | 150-400 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | breeding | 1991 | 600-800 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | LC | breeding | 1991 | 150-400 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | breeding | 1991 | 1-800 breeding pairs | B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1997 | 15-25 breeding pairs | C6 |
Milvus migrans | NR | breeding | 1997 | 10-15 breeding pairs | C6 |
Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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RIVES DU PETIT RHONE | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 42 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Petite Camargue laguno-marine | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 15,681 | protected area overlaps with site | 14,473 |
Petite Camargue | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 34,412 | protected area overlaps with site | 15,809 |
Petit Rhone | Hunting Reserve | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Le Petit Rhône | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 806 | protected area overlaps with site | 122 |
La Petite Camargue | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 37,000 | protected area overlaps with site | 21,000 |
ESPIGUETTE | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 603 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Côte languedocienne | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 71,874 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
CAMARGUE GARDOISE | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 881 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Camargue | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 85,000 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Camargue | Parc naturel régional | 99,931 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Camargue | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 221,062 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,831 |
Camargue | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 113,466 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,528 |
BRASINVERT | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 492 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Bancs sableux de l'Espiguette | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 8,896 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest | - |
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine | - | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves | - |
Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Intertidal | - | |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
hunting | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Petite Camargue laguno-marine. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2306 on 28/05/2023.