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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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1997	3,338 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	passage	1997	1,200 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1997	100 breeding pairs	C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1997	180-205 breeding pairs	B2
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	1997	2,100 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	breeding	1997	3,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1997	50-200 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage	1997	100-300 individuals	B1i, C2
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1997	20-50 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	min 5,000 individuals	B1iv, C5
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1997	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
-	Etang de Campignol	Hunting Reserve	4
-	Etang de St Paul	Hunting Reserve	<1
-	Etangs de Bage et Sigean	Hunting Reserve	16
1981	ETANG DU DOUL	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	2
1983	SAINTE-LUCIE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	8
1984	MARAIS DU NARBONNAIS	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	2
1984	Ile de l'Aute	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1984	Berges de L'Etang de Peyriac	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1987	ILE DE PLANASSE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1987	ANSE DES GALERES	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1992	LES AUZILS	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	1
1996	Complexe lagunaire de Bages-Sigean	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	90
1996	SALINE D'ESTARAC	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	1
1996	BAJOLE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2000	Rives de L'Aute	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	1
2003	La Narbonnaise en Méditerranée	Parc naturel régional	97
2003	Étangs du Narbonnais	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	95
2006	Les Etangs littoraux de la Narbonnaise	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	92
2008	Côtes sableuses de l'infralittoral Languedocien	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2009	Sainte Lucie	Réserve naturelle régionale	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Shrubland	Heathland, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etangs Narbonnais (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etangs-narbonnais-iba-france on 23/11/2024.