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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
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs	NT	resident	1997	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sahelian Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eremomela pusilla	NR	resident	1997	present	A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding	1997	unknown	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1997	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	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	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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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)	World Heritage Site	327,390	is identical to site	400,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial - terrestrial		-
Rocky areas		-
Grassland		-

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

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Falaise de Bandiagara. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/08/2019.