Region de Pressac, étang de Combourg (2367)
France, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2000
National site name: Region de Pressac, étang de Combourg
Central coordinates: Latitude: 46.1167, Longitude: -0.5167
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 20 to 255
Area of KBA (km2): 35.64628
Protected area coverage (%): 93.91
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The site includes ponds, moorlands, Quercus forests, marshes and aquatic vegetation, cereal fields and bocages.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that was identified using previously established criteria and thresholds for the identification of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and for which available data indicate that it does not meet global KBA criteria and thresholds set out in the Global Standard.
Additional biodiversity: The site is regionally important for breeding and wintering waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (passage); Haliaeetus albicilla (wintering).
Habitats
Land use: agriculture | fisheries/aquaculture | forestry | hunting | urban/industrial/transport
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Wetlands(Inland) | 20 | |
| Forest | 20 | |
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 20 | |
| Grassland | 20 | |
| Shrubland | 20 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: High hunting pressure and the destruction of reedbeds (Phragmites) by coypu Myocaster coypus are the main threats.