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 |
| Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
winter (1997) |
2,232–12,559 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
winter (1997) |
2,116–6,125 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
winter (1997) |
5–6,415 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
passage (1997) |
3,000–4,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
winter (1997) |
325–1,807 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
winter (1997) |
4–1,730 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
10 pairs |
C6 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
passage (1991) |
100–500 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis |
LC |
winter (1997) |
453–5,768 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1988 |
CITIS POURRA
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
16 |
| 2015 |
COLLINES ET SALINS DE FOS
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Grassland |
- |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Mesophile grasslands |
| Shrubland |
- |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
10 |
| hunting |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etangs de Citis, Lavalduc, Engrenier, Pourra, l'Estomac, Fos et salines de Rassuen et de Fos (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etangs-de-citis-lavalduc-engrenier-pourra-lestomac-fos-et-salines-de-rassuen-et-de-fos-iba-france on 23/12/2024.
