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 |
| Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
passage (1991) |
10–100 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria |
LC |
passage (1991) |
1,000–10,000 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
passage (1991) |
1,000–10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
15 pairs |
C6 |
| Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola |
VU |
passage (1991) |
100–500 birds |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
major (>10) |
Arable land |
| Grassland |
major (>10) |
Humid grasslands |
| Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| hunting |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estuaire de la Gironde : marais de la rive nord (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estuaire-de-la-gironde-:-marais-de-la-rive-nord-iba-france on 22/12/2024.
