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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
Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3
Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A2, A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3
Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli	NT	resident	1987-1988	present	A1, A2
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3

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 - scale unknown/unrecorded	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - motivation unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - motivation unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Unknown	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Unknown	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Manongarivo	Special Reserve	41,500	is identical to site	35,250

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

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-
other	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Manongarivo Special Reserve and extension. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.