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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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) |
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La Dombes | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 47,656 | protected area overlaps with site | 42,051 |
La Dombes | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 47,656 | protected area overlaps with site | 42,051 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland | - |
Shrubland | Heathland | - |
Grassland | Humid grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
hunting | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: La Dombes. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.