Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
passage (1991) |
5,000–10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
passage (1991) |
2,000–5,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
passage (1991) |
4,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
winter (1991) |
500–3,000 birds |
B2 |
| Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis |
LC |
winter (1991) |
10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1991) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Wetlands (inland) |
minor (<10) |
Rivers and streams |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estuaire de la Bidassoa et Baie de Fontarabie (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estuaire-de-la-bidassoa-et-baie-de-fontarabie-iba-france on 23/12/2024.
