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The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1991	150-200 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding	1991	6,000-6,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3, C3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding	1991	400-450 breeding pairs	B3
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	breeding	1991	5,500 breeding pairs	B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1991	10-40 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1991	12,000-13,000 breeding pairs	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	FR007	Private Reserve	<1
-	FR007	Hunting Reserve	92
1988	Iroise	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
1992	Iroise	Réserve naturelle nationale	<1
1995	Ouessant-Molène	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2003	Iles D'Iroise	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2004	Ouessant-Molène	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Iroise	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	100
2007	Iroise	Parc naturel marin	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Archipel de Molène (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/archipel-de-molène-iba-france on 23/11/2024.