MG033
Bemarivo Special Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 1999 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
Giant Coua Coua gigas LC resident 1998 present A3
Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps LC resident 1998 present A3
Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli NT resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata LC resident 1998 present A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1999).


IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2017 not assessed not assessed not assessed
Was the whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no unset poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation Management planning Other conservation action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Bemarivo Special Reserve 12,046 is identical to site 12,046

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Shrubland -
Grassland -
Forest -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
forestry -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bemarivo Special Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bemarivo-special-reserve-iba-madagascar on 22/09/2023.