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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1991	5-20 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1996	10-15 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	70
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	30

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etangs de Sologne: étang de l'Arche (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etangs-de-sologne:-étang-de-larche-iba-france on 23/11/2024.