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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
Giant Coua Coua gigas	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Running Coua Coua cursor	LC	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi	LC	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris	NT	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides	LC	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava	LC	resident	1996	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	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - nomadic grazing	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	gathering terrestrial plants - motivation unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	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	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)
Bezaha Mahafaly	Special Reserve	454	protected area contained by site	454

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
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: Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.