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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
Meller's Duck Anas melleri	EN	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla	VU	resident	1998	present	A3
Madagascar Marsh-harrier Circus macrosceles	EN	resident	1998	present	A1
Pitta-like Ground-roller Atelornis pittoides	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Rufous-headed Ground-roller Atelornis crossleyi	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Green Jery Neomixis viridis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Emu-tail Bradypterus brunneus	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Wedge-tailed Tetraka Hartertula flavoviridis	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-crowned Tetraka Xanthomixis cinereiceps	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Madagascar Yellowbrow Crossleyia xanthophrys	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Forest Rock-thrush Monticola sharpei	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

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
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - persecution/control	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - motivation unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - trend unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	other ecosystem modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Forest		0	0	moderate (70-90%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable
Savanna		0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Unknown	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Unknown	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Kalambatritra	Special Reserve	31,232	is identical to site	28,250

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Unknown		-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Forest		-
Savanna		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kalambatritra Special Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023.