Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2017 | very high | unfavourable | low |
Was the whole site covered? | No | State assessed by | Habitat |
Accuracy of information | medium |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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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) | ||||||
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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) | |||
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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 |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Bezaha Mahafaly | Special Reserve | 454 | protected area contained by site | 454 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
hunting | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.