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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Eurasian Scops-owl Otus scops	LC	breeding	1991	1-10 breeding pairs	B2
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	B2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata	NT	breeding	1991	100-500 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1991	100-500 breeding pairs	B2, C6

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ubac des maures	Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels	164	protected area overlaps with site	0
Saint-André/La Pardiguière	Arrêté de protection de biotope	359	protected area contained by site	0
PLAINE DES MAURES	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	936	protected area contained by site	0
Plaine des Maures	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,537	protected area contained by site	4,537
Plaine des Maures	Réserve naturelle nationale	5,276	protected area overlaps with site	0
La plaine et le massif des Maures	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	34,264	protected area overlaps with site	5,552
Domaine du Roux-Badelune	Arrêté de protection de biotope	33	protected area overlaps with site	0
Collet des preires	Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels	27	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plaine des Maures. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2339 on 28/05/2023.