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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	1996	100 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	1991	120 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1991	40 breeding pairs	B3, C6

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	100	0	males	0	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Vallée de la Sèvre Niortaise amont	Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels	<1
1995	Vallée de l Autize	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Cavité de la Dent	Arrêté de protection de biotope	-
2004	Plaine de Niort Nord-Ouest	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93
2014	Marais poitevin	Parc naturel régional	26

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plaine de Niort (nord-ouest) (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plaine-de-niort-(nord-ouest)-iba-france on 23/11/2024.