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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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata | LC | breeding | 1996 | 150-170 breeding pairs | B2, C2, C6 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax | NT | winter | 1996 | 1,600 individuals | A1, C1 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax | NT | breeding | 1996 | 450-500 breeding pairs | A1, B2, C1, C6 |
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | LC | breeding | 1991 | 10-50 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 300 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Little Owl Athene noctua | LC | breeding | 1991 | 100 breeding pairs | B2 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Milvus migrans | NR | breeding | 1991 | 50 breeding pairs | C6 |
European Roller Coracias garrulus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 70 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 1996 | 42-50 breeding pairs | A1, C1, C6 |
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra | LC | breeding | 1996 | 10-30 breeding pairs | C6 |
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla | LC | breeding | 1991 | 1,000 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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Poitevine-Regarde-Venir | Réserve naturelle régionale | 221 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Mare de lanau | Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels | 24 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Marais entre Crau et Grand Rhône | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 7,234 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Marais de la vallée des Baux et marais d'Arles | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 11,061 | protected area overlaps with site | 626 |
MARAIS DE L’ILON | Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy) | 176 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Les Coussouls de Crau | Nature Reserve | 7,411 | protected area contained by site | 7,411 |
Les Alpilles | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 27,006 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Les Alpilles | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 17,334 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
La Poitevine | Private Reserve | 146 | protected area contained by site | 146 |
LA CRAU | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 1,270 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
L'Ilon | Réserve naturelle régionale | 176 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
FR248 | Nature Reserve | 140 | protected area contained by site | 140 |
Crau centrale - Crau sèche | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 31,538 | protected area overlaps with site | 25,253 |
Crau | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 39,333 | protected area overlaps with site | 39,333 |
Coussouls de Crau | Réserve naturelle nationale | 7,411 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Camargue | Parc naturel régional | 99,931 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Alpilles | Parc naturel régional | 51,059 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Shrubland | Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis | - |
Grassland | Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
hunting | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Crau. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/07/2022.