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 |
| Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
winter (1997) |
500–2,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
passage (1997) |
1,000–2,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
winter (1997) |
500–1,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
passage (1997) |
1,000–2,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
10–20 pairs |
C6 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
50–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Les Pres de Bauge |
Nature Reserve (-) |
1 |
| 1993 |
ETANG DE THAU
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
- |
Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| hunting |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etang de Thau (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etang-de-thau-iba-france on 23/12/2024.
