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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
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	passage	1991	10-100 individuals	B1i, C2
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1991	1,000-10,000 individuals	B1i, C2
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	passage	1991	1,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1991	15 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	passage	1991	100-500 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Bluethroat Cyanecula svecica	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 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)
RIVES DE GIRONDE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	1,860	protected area overlaps with site	0
Marais et falaises des côteaux de Gironde	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,508	protected area overlaps with site	2,235
Estuaire de la Gironde et de la mer des Pertuis	Parc naturel marin	650,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Estuaire de la Gironde : marais de la rive nord	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	12,508	protected area overlaps with site	2,235
Estuaire de la Gironde	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	61,080	protected area overlaps with site	294
Estuaire de la Gironde	Hunting Reserve	1,290	protected area contained by site	1,290

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Tidal rivers and enclosed tidal waters, Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	-
Coastline	Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
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 (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Estuaire de la Gironde : marais de la rive nord. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/03/2021.