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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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1997	123-1,281 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	passage	1997	1,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1997	63-73 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1996	41-46 breeding pairs	C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1997	50-55 breeding pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1996	31 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
1963	Port-Cros [aire d'adhésion]	Parc national, aire d'adhésion	100
1991	LE SALIN DES PESQUIERS	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	57
1996	Rade d'Hyères	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
1996	LES VIEUX SALINS	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	36
2003	Salins d'Hyères et des Pesquiers	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	95
2008	Salins d'Hyères	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	94

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
other	95
tourism/recreation	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salins d'Hyères et de Pesquiers (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salins-dhyères-et-de-pesquiers-iba-france on 23/11/2024.