Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
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Area: 4,250 hectares (42.50 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
A lake, Pinus forests, heathland, marshes, wet meadows and cultivated fields.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis (including Fulica atra 2,562; Vanellus vanellus 3,500). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (wintering); Haliaeetus albicilla (wintering); Acrocephalus paludicola (passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Domaine d'Orx (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/domaine-dorx-iba-france on 23/12/2024.