Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
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Area: 5,200 hectares (52.00 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
The site includes a river, ponds, marshes and aquatic vegetation, meadows, arable fields and abandoned fields.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis (including Aythya fuligula 2,000; Fulica atra 4,000 and Vanellus vanellus 5,000). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (wintering).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Boucle de Pose et de Muids (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/boucle-de-pose-et-de-muids-iba-france on 23/12/2024.