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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
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1997	30 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1997	5-15 breeding pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1994	234 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1997	30-80 breeding pairs	C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1997	1-50 breeding pairs	C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage	1997	100-500 individuals	B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1997	1-60 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1997	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1997	10 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1996	18-22 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	1991	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	breeding	1997	230 breeding pairs	C2, C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Saint-Louis-de-la-Mer	Hunting Reserve	2
1980	L'Oustalet	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1986	Basse Plaine de L'Aude	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	27
1996	Basse plaine de l'Aude	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	92
1996	Cours inférieur de l'Aude	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
1996	Collines du Narbonnais	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2003	La Narbonnaise en Méditerranée	Parc naturel régional	37
2004	Basse plaine de l'Aude	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	94

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	minor (<10)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etangs de Vendres, Pissevache et Lespignan (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etangs-de-vendres-pissevache-et-lespignan-iba-france on 23/11/2024.