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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Comoro Olive-pigeon Columba pollenii	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Comoro Blue-pigeon Alectroenas sganzini	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Grand Comoro Scops-owl Otus pauliani	EN	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Madagascar Marsh-harrier Circus macrosceles	EN	resident	-	present	A1
Comoro Drongo Dicrurus fuscipennis	EN	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Grand Comoro Brush-warbler Nesillas brevicaudata	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Grand Comoro Bulbul Hypsipetes parvirostris	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Mount Karthala White-eye Zosterops mouroniensis	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Comoro Thrush Turdus bewsheri	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Humblot's Flycatcher Humblotia flavirostris	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Humblot's Sunbird Cinnyris humbloti	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Grand Comoro Fody Foudia consobrina	NT	resident	1998	present	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Le Karthala	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	13,000	protected area overlaps with site	0

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
other	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karthala Mountains. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karthala-mountains-iba-comoros on 08/12/2023.