Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Gadwall Mareca strepera |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
200 pairs |
B2 |
| Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
100–500 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
1–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Purple Heron Ardea purpurea |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
25–40 pairs |
C6 |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
B2 |
| Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
1–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
100–500 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
| Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
1–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
1–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
1–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
B3, C6 |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
100–500 pairs |
B2 |
| Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
100–500 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
unknown (1991) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
FR174 |
Hunting Reserve (-) |
<1 |
| 1994 |
Etang de la Ronze
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV) |
<1 |
| 2009 |
Etang des Plantées
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land |
| Forest |
- |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Grassland |
- |
Dry siliceous grassland; Humid grasslands |
| Shrubland |
- |
Heathland |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| forestry |
- |
| hunting |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
| water management |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plaine du Forez (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plaine-du-forez-iba-france on 22/12/2024.
