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 |
| Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter (1997) |
233–2,940 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
winter (1997) |
65–706 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
winter (1997) |
4,300–13,049 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Corncrake Crex crex |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
52–53 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Spotted Crake Porzana porzana |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–15 pairs |
B3, C6 |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
5–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter (1997) |
850–2,590 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
18–19 pairs |
C6 |
| Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–20 pairs |
C6 |
| Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
50 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1997) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
major (>10) |
Humid grasslands |
| Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
minor (<10) |
Arable land |
| Forest |
minor (<10) |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| 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 Loire (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estuaire-de-la-loire-iba-france on 23/12/2024.
