Etangs Narbonnais (France) IBA | Summary

FR215

Etangs Narbonnais

Current view: Summary

Country/territory: France
Subnational region(s): Languedoc-Roussillon

IBA Justification: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B1iv, B2, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 (2000)

Area: 10,600 hectares (106.00 km²)

BirdLife Partner(s): Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux

Site description (2000 baseline)
The area contains beaches, sand-dunes, islands, saltwater lagoons and marshes, mudflats, woodland, maquis and cliffs.

Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis (including Phoenicopterus ruber 3,338; Anas platyrhynchos 2,520; Aythya ferina 2,200; Fulica atra 20,000). The site is a migratory bottleneck, where more than 3,000 raptors regularly pass (including Pernis apivorus 2,000; Milvus migrans 3,000). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aquila clanga (passage, wintering); Larus audouinii (passage).

Attributes
Raptors MOU - IBA listed under Table 3 of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etangs Narbonnais (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etangs-narbonnais-iba-france on 23/01/2025.