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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
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	winter	1997	500-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	passage	1997	1,000-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1997	500-1,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1997	1,000-2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1997	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1997	50-100 breeding pairs	C6

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

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
LIDO DE THAU	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	509	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Les Pres de Bauge	Nature Reserve	10	protected area contained by site	10
LE BAGNAS	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	679	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Herbiers de l'étang de Thau	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,788	protected area overlaps with site	613
Étang de Thau et lido de Sète à Agde	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,770	protected area overlaps with site	1,000
ETANG DE THAU	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	69	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Coastline	Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
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 (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Etang de Thau. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/03/2021.