Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA criteria met: A4iii, B3, C4, C6 (2000)
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Area: 4,860 hectares (48.60 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
An area of meadows, rivers, ponds and gravel-pits, arable land and Populus groves.
Key biodiversity
This is an important site for passage waterbirds and thrushes (Turdidae), and wintering waterbirds. The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage, on a regular basis (including Vanellus vanellus 20,000-50,000 individuals). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Crex crex (10-15 passage individuals).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Confluent des vallées de la Meuse et de la Chiers (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/confluent-des-vallées-de-la-meuse-et-de-la-chiers-iba-france on 27/12/2024.