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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	1996	100 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	1991	120 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1991	40 breeding pairs	B3, C6

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Condition of the site (state), by species
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Tetrax tetrax	Little Bustard	100	0	males	0	very unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vallée de la Sèvre Niortaise amont	Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels	12	protected area overlaps with site	0
Vallée de l Autize	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	226	protected area overlaps with site	14
Plaine de Niort Nord-Ouest	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	17,040	protected area overlaps with site	11,687
Marais poitevin	Parc naturel régional	198,189	protected area overlaps with site	0
Cavité de la Dent	Arrêté de protection de biotope	0	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plaine de Niort (nord-ouest). Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2362 on 02/06/2023.