Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) of estimate |
Population estimate |
IBA Criteria Triggered |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
1,291-2,515 individuals |
B3a |
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea |
LC |
resident |
1998 |
present |
A3 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
17-25 individuals |
B3a |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
289-426 individuals |
B3a |
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
4,717-7,536 individuals |
B3a |
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
3,089-4,663 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
707-1,292 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
1,786-2,703 individuals |
B3a |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
3,129-9,208 individuals |
B3a |
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
717-927 individuals |
B1a |
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
4,191-5,322 individuals |
B3a |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
1,127-1,447 individuals |
B3a |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
187-288 individuals |
B1a |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
3,073-3,553 individuals |
B1a |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
130 individuals |
B1a |
Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
64-80 individuals |
B1a |
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
1,857-2,211 individuals |
B1a |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
1,188-1,950 individuals |
B3a |
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
573-969 individuals |
B3a |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
705-978 individuals |
B3a |
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus |
CR |
resident |
2014-2017 |
2 individuals |
A1 |
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos |
EN |
resident |
2014-2017 |
2 individuals |
A1 |
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 Lanius corvinus |
LC |
resident |
1998 |
present |
A3 |
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer |
LC |
resident |
1998 |
present |
A3 |
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla |
LC |
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 |
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera |
LC |
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 |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
39,928-42,516 individuals |
B3b |
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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Protected Area |
Designation |
Area (ha) |
Relationship with IBA |
Overlap with IBA (ha) |
Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Palmarin
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
10,430 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Foret de Wélor
|
Forest Reserve |
4,751 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Foret de Sangako
|
Forest Reserve |
2,491 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Foret de Fathala
|
Forest Reserve |
7,262 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Delta du Saloum
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
73,000 |
protected area overlaps with site |
73,000 |
Delta du Saloum
|
National Park |
59,934 |
protected area overlaps with site |
59,934 |
Delta du Saloum
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve |
180,000 |
protected area overlaps with site |
180,000 |
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