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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
Phoenicopterus ruber	NR	winter	1998	1,300 individuals	A4i
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	winter	1997	217 individuals	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding	1997	852 individuals	A4i
Egretta gularis	NR	breeding	1998	1,750 breeding pairs	A4i
Egretta gularis	NR	non-breeding	1997	1,729 individuals	A4i
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens	LC	non-breeding	1997	2,254 individuals	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	1998	2,328 individuals	A4i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	winter	1997	4,358 individuals	A4i
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	winter	1998	5,610 individuals	A4i
Charadrius alexandrinus	NR	winter	1997	2,343 individuals	A4i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	winter	1998	1,995 individuals	A4i
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	NT	winter	1998	16,256 individuals	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	1997	14,180 individuals	A4i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	winter	1997	1,952 individuals	A4i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding	1998	3,350 breeding pairs	A4i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	winter	1997	9,086 individuals	A4i
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus	LC	breeding	1998	4,600 breeding pairs	A4i
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus	LC	non-breeding	1997	1,833 individuals	A4i
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	LC	winter	1997	522 individuals	A1
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	winter	1998	7,813 individuals	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1998	8,610 breeding pairs	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	non-breeding	1997	1,773 individuals	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1998	80 breeding pairs	A4i
Sterna nilotica	NR	breeding	1997	309 breeding pairs	A4i
Sterna nilotica	NR	winter	1997	612 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	1997	4,050 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding	1999	40,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding	1998	988 individuals	A4i
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eremomela pusilla	NR	resident	1998	present	A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pytilia phoenicoptera	NR	resident	1998	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Estrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1997-1998	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1997-1999	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

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	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Delta du Saloum	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	180,000	is identical to site	180,000
Delta du Saloum	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	73,000	protected area contained by site	73,000
Delta du Saloum	National Park	59,934	protected area contained by site	59,934

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Forest	Mangrove	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Wetlands (inland)	Estuarine waters, Saltpans	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
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: Delta du Saloum. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 12/12/2019.