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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
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 Areas factsheet: Domaine d'Orx. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2023.