Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina |
LC |
winter (1991) |
250 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
25 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
80 pairs |
C6 |
| Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
30 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Purple Heron Ardea purpurea |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
30–100 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
100 pairs |
C6 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10 pairs |
C6 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10 pairs |
C6 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
50 pairs |
B2 |
| Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
passage (1991) |
3,000–4,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
30 pairs |
C6 |
| Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
20 pairs |
C6 |
| European Roller Coracias garrulus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
20 pairs |
C6 |
| Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
100–500 pairs |
C6 |
| Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
100–500 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1991) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1970 |
Camargue
|
Parc naturel régional (V) |
72 |
| 1982 |
MARAIS DU VIGUEIRAT
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
17 |
| 1991 |
LA CRAU
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
1 |
| 2011 |
Marais du Vigueirat
|
Réserve naturelle nationale (IV) |
16 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Humid grasslands |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
| Marine Neritic |
- |
|
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
- |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marais entre Crau et Grand Rhône: Meyranne, Chanoine, Plan de Bourg et Salins du Caban (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marais-entre-crau-et-grand-rhône:-meyranne-chanoine-plan-de-bourg-et-salins-du-caban-iba-france on 24/12/2024.
