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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
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding (1991)	10–100 pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage (1991)	1,000–10,000 birds	B1i, C2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding (1991)	8 pairs	C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	breeding (1991)	52 pairs	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Bosquets de Séris (Les)	Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels (IV)	<1
1979	Vallées de la Grand-Pierre et de Vitain	Réserve naturelle nationale (IV)	1

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

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

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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 24/12/2024.