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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
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding	1998	present	A1
Giant Coua Coua gigas	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Running Coua Coua cursor	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-banded Plover Charadrius thoracicus	VU	resident	1998	55 individuals	A1, A2, A3, A4i
Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis	NT	resident	1998	present	A1
Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris	NT	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Subdesert Brush-warbler Nesillas lantzii	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Littoral Rock-thrush Monticola imerina	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava	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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tsimanampetsotsa	National Park	45,818	protected area contained by site	43,000
Parc national Tsimanampesotse	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	45,604	protected area overlaps with site	43,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
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: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023.