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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
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1997	100-450 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage	1997	300-4,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997	380-411 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1991	5-10 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	1991	4,000-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	20,000-49,999 individuals	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
-	LPO-BirdLife Parcels	Private Reserve	6
1995	Basses Vallées Angevines	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1995	Basses vallées angevines; aval de la rivière Mayenne et prairies de la Baumette	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	87
2010	Basses vallées angevines et prairies de la Baumette	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	87

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	95
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	95
forestry	5
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Basses Vallées Angevines (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/basses-vallées-angevines-iba-france on 23/11/2024.