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Petite Beauce


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus LC breeding 1991 10-100 breeding pairs B2, C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria LC passage 1991 1,000-10,000 individuals B1i, C2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus LC breeding 1991 8 breeding pairs C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus LC breeding 1991 52 breeding pairs B2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Bosquets de Séris (Les) Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels <1
1979 Vallées de la Grand-Pierre et de Vitain Réserve naturelle nationale 1
1994 Vallée de la Cisse en amont de Saint-Lubin Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1
2005 Petite Beauce Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land -
Forest Broadleaved evergreen woodland -
Grassland Steppes and dry calcareous grassland -
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Petite Beauce (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/petite-beauce-iba-france on 23/11/2024.