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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding (1996)	20–30 pairs	A1, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding (1991)	40 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	FR123	Hunting Reserve (-)	20

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

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 Villefagnan (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plaine-de-villefagnan-iba-france on 24/12/2024.