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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
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	breeding	1997	80-120 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	passage	1997	300 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	breeding	1997	1,550 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1997	200-800 individuals	B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	breeding	1997	500-600 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	passage	1997	200-1,100 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage	1997	250-600 individuals	B1i, C3
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	breeding	1997	200-400 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1997	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1991	20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1991	70-150 breeding pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1991	1-5 breeding pairs	B2
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1991	80-100 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1997	10-50 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1991	10 breeding pairs	C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1991	200-1,100 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage	1991	100-300 individuals	B1i, C2
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1991	15-20 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1997	20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	20,000 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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
La Dombes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	47,656	protected area overlaps with site	42,051
La Dombes	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	47,656	protected area overlaps with site	42,051

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: La Dombes. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/01/2022.