Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, C3, C4 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 24,300 hectares (243.00 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
French part of Lake Geneva with reedbeds (Phragmites), marshes and aquatic vegetation (Swiss part of the lake contains IBAs 007, 008, 009).
Key biodiversity
The area is of international importance for wintering and passage waterbirds. The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (wintering). All bird data are for the French part of the lake only.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lac Léman (partie française) (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lac-léman-(partie-française)-iba-france on 23/12/2024.