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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 Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii	EN	resident	1998	present	A1
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
Madagascar Crested Ibis Lophotibis cristata	NT	resident	1998	present	A1
Madagascar Pond-heron Ardeola idae	EN	breeding	1998	present	A1
Madagascar Marsh-harrier Circus macrosceles	EN	resident	1998	present	A1
Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis	NT	resident	1998	present	A1
Henst's Goshawk Accipiter henstii	VU	resident	1998	present	A1
Madagascar Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides	CR	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata	LC	resident	1998	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
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - motivation unknown/unrecorded	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - trend unknown/unrecorded	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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

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)
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	152,000	is identical to site	152,000
Tsingy de Bemaraha	Strict Nature Reserve	83,411	protected area contained by site	83,411
Tsingy de Bemaraha	National Park	73,174	protected area contained by site	73,174

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Forest		-
Savanna		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
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: Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park and Strict Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.