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Country/territory: France

IBA Criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here

Area: 4,250 ha

Protection status:

Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux

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 (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Domaine d'Orx. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/12/2019.