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 IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
passage (1991) |
10–100 individuals |
B1i, C2 |
| Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria |
LC |
passage (1991) |
1,000–10,000 individuals |
B1i, C2 |
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
passage (1991) |
1,000–10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
15 breeding pairs |
C6 |
| Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 breeding pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 breeding pairs |
C6 |
| Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola |
VU |
passage (1991) |
100–500 individuals |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 breeding 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 (2025) 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 18/01/2025.
