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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis	LC	non-breeding	-	1,000 individuals	A4i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	non-breeding	-	4,500 individuals	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	-	3,750 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	-	4,400 individuals	A4i
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	winter	-	3,000 individuals	A4i
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	NT	winter	-	6,900 individuals	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	winter	-	10,100 individuals	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	winter	-	5,100 individuals	A4i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	winter	-	2,750 individuals	A4i
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	winter	-	18,100 individuals	A4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	winter	-	650 individuals	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	winter	-	11,900 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	-	5,100 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding	-	2,600 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	50,000-99,999 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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - intentional use: subsistence/sml scale	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - intentional use: subsistence/small scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Pollution	domestic & urban waste water - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	tourism and recreation areas	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Egretta gularis		1000	17	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Egretta garzetta		4500	4	individuals	1	very unfavourable
Himantopus himantopus		4400	33	individuals	1	very unfavourable
Calidris ferruginea	Curlew Sandpiper	6900	96	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Tringa nebularia	Common Greenshank	5100	85	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Thalasseus sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern	5100	22	individuals	1	very unfavourable
Thalasseus maximus	Royal Tern	2600	58	individuals	3	very unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Songor Lagoon	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	28,740	protected area contains site	23,200
Songor	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1,699	protected area overlaps with site	0

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Songor Ramsar Site. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 11/08/2022.