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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
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	non-breeding	1995	5,000 individuals	A4i

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Saanane Island National Park	National Park	38	protected area contained by site	0

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
unknown	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Victoria: Mwanza Gulf. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/01/2021.