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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1997	265-4,889 individuals	B1i, C3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
TRIANGLE TERRE NUE - LES BLACHES	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	21	protected area overlaps with site	0
Rives sud du lac du Bourget	Arrêté de protection de biotope	131	protected area overlaps with site	0
RIVES SUD DU BOURGET	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	56	protected area contained by site	0
RIVE DU POETE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	10	protected area overlaps with site	0
Milieux remarquables du Bas Bugey	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,463	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Memars	Hunting Reserve	20	protected area contained by site	20
Marais du Nord du Lac du Bourget	Hunting Reserve	500	protected area contained by site	500
Marais de Lavours	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	423	protected area overlaps with site	361
Marais de Lavours	Réserve naturelle nationale	473	protected area overlaps with site	474
Marais de Lavours	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	423	protected area overlaps with site	360
Marais de Lavours	Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels	100	protected area overlaps with site	0
MARAIS DE CHAUTAGNE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	111	protected area contained by site	0
Les Graviers	Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels	1	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lac du Bourget - Marais de Chautagne	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5,500	protected area overlaps with site	5,500
Ile de Chautagne-Malourdie	Arrêté de protection de biotope	560	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ensemble lac du Bourget-Chautagne-Rhône	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,204	protected area overlaps with site	6,563
Ensemble lac du Bourget-Chautagne-Rhône	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8,204	protected area overlaps with site	6,563
DOMAINE DE BUTTET	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	43	protected area overlaps with site	0
DELAISSE DE QUISSART	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	2	protected area contained by site	0
DELAISSE DE GRESINE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	4	protected area overlaps with site	0
Canal de Savieres	Hunting Reserve	4	protected area contained by site	4
BOIS DE CONJUX	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	3	protected area contained by site	0
BAIE DE PORTOUT	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	2	protected area contained by site	0
BAIE DE MEMARD	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	7	protected area overlaps with site	0
Anse Nord	Hunting Reserve	200	protected area contained by site	200

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
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 (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lac et marais du Bourget. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2407 on 02/06/2023.