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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1996

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus	LC	non-breeding	-	1,000 individuals	A4i
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter	1970	500 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	20,000 individuals	A4iii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Jikao	Controlled Hunting Area	337,500	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gambella	National Park	441,070	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Shrubland		-
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Baro river. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.