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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2003	Plaines du Mirebalais et du Neuvillois	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	73

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 23/11/2024.