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Plaines de Mirebeau et de Neuville-du-Poitou


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) 18 pairs C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus LC breeding (1991) 30–45 pairs C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana LC breeding (1991) 10 pairs C6

Habitats

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

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plaines de Mirebeau et de Neuville-du-Poitou (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plaines-de-mirebeau-et-de-neuville-du-poitou-iba-france on 24/12/2024.