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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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	passage	1991	500-1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1997	1-10 breeding pairs	C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	1996	100-260 individuals	A1, C1
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1997	35-40 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1997	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1991	50-100 breeding pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1997	5-10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1997	165 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1991	400-800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1997	100-200 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage	1997	100-500 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1997	5 breeding pairs	C6
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1991	20-50 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1997	40-60 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1997	15-20 breeding pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1997	15-20 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1997	10-50 breeding pairs	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	breeding	1997	200-500 breeding pairs	C2, C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	FR242	Private Reserve	-
1996	La Petite Camargue	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	90
1996	Petite Camargue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	74
1996	Le Petit Rhône	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2001	CAMARGUE GARDOISE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	1
2005	Camargue gardoise fluvio-lacustre	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	30
2006	Petite Camargue laguno-marine	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2006	Scamandre	Réserve naturelle régionale	1
2013	Mahistre et Musette	Réserve naturelle régionale	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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: Petite Camargue fluvio-lacustre (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/petite-camargue-fluvio-lacustre-iba-france on 22/11/2024.