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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
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (1991)	130 pairs	C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding (1991)	11 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	FR144	Hunting Reserve (-)	19

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Forest	-	Alluvial and very wet forest
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mars sur Allier (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mars-sur-allier-iba-france on 24/12/2024.