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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
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	resident	1997	500 breeding pairs	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding	1997	1,300 individuals	A4i
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca	LC	non-breeding	1997	500 individuals	A4i
African Darter Anhinga rufa	LC	non-breeding	1997	600 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1997	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)
River Gambia	National Park	589	protected area overlaps with site	2,500

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Islands of the Central River Division. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/03/2023.