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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding (1996)	30 pairs	A1, C1, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (1991)	5–10 pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (1997)	2 pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	breeding (1996)	2 pairs	B2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding (1991)	10–45 pairs	B3, C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding (1991)	5–10 pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding (1991)	10–15 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1990	Gorges du Gardon	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	2
2009	Gorges du Gardon	Réserve naturelle régionale (IV)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Ruderal land
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	-	Caves
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Grassland	-	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Heathland; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams

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: Gorges du Gardon (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gorges-du-gardon-iba-france on 22/12/2024.