Site description
A lake, Pinus forests, heathland, marshes, wet meadows and cultivated fields.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis (including Fulica atra 2,562; Vanellus vanellus 3,500). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (wintering); Haliaeetus albicilla (wintering); Acrocephalus paludicola (passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Domaine d'Orx. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 31/01/2023.