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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
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (1991)	30–40 pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding (1997)	30–40 pairs	C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (1997)	14–3,012 birds	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage (1997)	1,000–10,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding (1991)	30–40 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Les Ramieres	Nature Reserve (-)	16
-	FR169	Hunting Reserve (-)	10
1987	Ramières du val de Drôme	Réserve naturelle nationale (IV)	13
2005	Ensemble des Freydières	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	69	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation
Forest	25	Alluvial and very wet forest
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Grassland	-	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	90
hunting	60
agriculture	4
forestry	1
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Val de Drôme: Les Ramières-printegarde (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/val-de-drôme:-les-ramières-printegarde-iba-france on 22/12/2024.