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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2015

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	winter	2015	-	A1

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	tourism and recreation areas	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Condition of the site (state), by species
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Thalasseus bergii	Greater Crested Tern	10	20	individuals	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve	ASEAN Heritage	131	protected area overlaps with site	123
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve	Nature Reserve	131	protected area contained by site	87

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Forest		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
urban/industrial/transport	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kranji-Mandai. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/16393 on 31/05/2023.