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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 at site	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 Lanius corvinus	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
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	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: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

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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 the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	327,390	protected area contains site	400,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Grassland		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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 (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Falaise de Bandiagara. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6618 on 03/06/2023.