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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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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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Grassland | Humid grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
hunting | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Basses Vallées Angevines. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2021.