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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

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

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

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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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.