BirdLife Data Zone

ML006

Lac Horo

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor	LC	non-breeding	1984	23,000 individuals	A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	1987	5,600 individuals	A1, A4i
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	winter	1985	31,270 individuals	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1985	27,600 individuals	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding	1999	560 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	1978	1,600 individuals	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	1985	6,200 individuals	A4i
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	winter	1978	32,000 individuals	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	winter	1979	2,000 individuals	A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	winter	1980	3,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2001	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
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	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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)
Delta Intérieur du Niger	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4,119,500	protected area contains site	18,900

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Shrubland		-
Forest		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lac Horo. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lac-horo-iba-mali on 01/12/2023.