BirdLife Data Zone

FR026

Basses Vallées Angevines

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

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
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1997	100-450 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage	1997	300-4,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997	380-411 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1991	5-10 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	1991	4,000-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

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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IBA Protection

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
LPO-BirdLife Parcels	Private Reserve	361	protected area contained by site	361
Basses vallées angevines; aval de la rivière Mayenne et prairies de la Baumette	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9,210	protected area overlaps with site	5,629
Basses vallées angevines et prairies de la Baumette	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,523	protected area overlaps with site	5,622
Basses Vallées Angevines	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	6,450	protected area overlaps with site	6,450

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

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Land use

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Basses Vallées Angevines. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2021.