Current view: Data table and detailed info
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.
For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here
Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment
Threat score (pressure)
Condition score (state)
Action score (response)
2019
high
very unfavourable
low
Was the whole site covered?
No
State assessed by
Population
Accuracy of information
medium
For more information about IBA monitoring please click
here
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
-
For further information about the land use classification please click
here .
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Songor Ramsar Site. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 11/08/2022.