Etang de Thau (France) IBA | Summary | BirdLife International

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Etang de Thau

Current view: summary

Country/territory: France

IBA criteria met: A4i, B1i, C3, C6 (2000)
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Area: 1,000 hectares (10.00 km²)

Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux

Site description (2000 baseline)
A brackish lagoon with marshes, dunes and sand beaches, reedbeds (Phragmites) and a Pinus plantation.

Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding and passage waterbirds.

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.