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Plaine de Saint-Jean-de-Sauves


IBA Justification

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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax NT breeding (1996) 12 pairs C6

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial - Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plaine de Saint-Jean-de-Sauves (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plaine-de-saint-jean-de-sauves-iba-france on 28/12/2024.