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The site was identified as important in 2019 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	non-breeding	2014-2017	591-1,695 individuals	B3a
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	NT	winter	2014-2017	20-38 individuals	B1a
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	2014-2017	28-41 individuals	B1a
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	winter	2014-2017	174-517 individuals	B1a
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2014-2017	28-52 individuals	B1a
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	winter	2014-2017	30 individuals	B1a
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	non-breeding	2014-2017	1,492-1,853 individuals	B3a
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus	LC	non-breeding	2014-2017	2,586-3,821 individuals	B3a
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	non-breeding	2014-2017	303 individuals	B3a

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2019).

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Palmarin	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	10,430	protected area overlaps with site	0
Joal	Marine Protected Area	17,362	protected area overlaps with site	0
Forêt classée de Samba Dia	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	756	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Delta du Saloum	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	180,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Delta du Saloum	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	73,000	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Joal-Fadiouth. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/joal-fadiouth-iba-senegal on 04/10/2023.