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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)	30–60 pairs	C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (1991)	500–1,000 birds	B1i, C3
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	winter (1991)	1,000–10,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding (1991)	10–100 pairs	B2, C6
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	breeding (1991)	10–100 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1977	Luberon	Parc naturel régional (V)	31
1986	Rivière Asse	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	<1
1997	Verdon	Parc naturel régional (V)	28

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Forest	-	Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Grassland	-	Humid grasslands
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation

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: Moyenne Vallée de la Durance (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/moyenne-vallée-de-la-durance-iba-france on 22/12/2024.