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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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | LC | winter | 1997 | 504-2,054 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta | LC | winter | 1997 | 414-859 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Common Teal Anas crecca | LC | winter | 1997 | 1,770-6,660 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax | LC | breeding | 1991 | 20 breeding pairs | C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | breeding | 1997 | 20 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | breeding | 1995 | 3 breeding pairs | C6 |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata | NT | winter | 1997 | 38-2,500 individuals | B2 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | LC | breeding | 1991 | 20-30 breeding pairs | C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 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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Zones humides associées au marais d'Orx | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 988 | protected area overlaps with site | 988 |
Marais d'Orx et zones humides associées | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 962 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Marais D'Orx | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 1,012 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Marais d'Orx | Réserve naturelle nationale | 775 | protected area contained by site | 775 |
lac D'Yrieux | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 38 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Domaine d'Orx | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 752 | protected area contained by site | 752 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Native coniferous 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 | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Domaine d'Orx. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2023.