NE002
Makalondi district


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 Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea LC resident 1999 present A3
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs NT resident 1999 present A3
Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident 1999 present A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius LC resident 1999 present A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex LC resident 1999 present A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident 1999 present A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer LC resident 1999 present A3
Sennar Penduline-tit Anthoscopus punctifrons LC resident 1999 present A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta LC resident 1999 present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident 1999 present A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii LC resident 1999 present A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher LC resident 1999 present A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus LC resident 1999 present A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus LC resident 1999 present A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe LC resident 1999 present A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis LC resident 1999 present A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes LC resident 1999 present A3
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus LC resident 1999 present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident 1999 present A3

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


Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Grassland -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Makalondi district. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/makalondi-district-iba-niger on 19/03/2024.