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Etang de Biguglia


IBA Justification

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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC passage (1997) 500–1,500 birds B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (1997) min 20,000 birds A4iii, C4

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1994 Etang de Biguglia Réserve naturelle de Corse (IV) 91
2000 Rives de L'Etang de Biguglia Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) 12

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -
Shrubland - Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use

Land use % of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etang de Biguglia (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etang-de-biguglia-iba-france on 23/12/2024.