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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Seychelles Blue-pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrimus	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Seychelles Swiftlet Aerodramus elaphrus	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone corvina	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Seychelles Bulbul Hypsipetes crassirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Seychelles Sunbird Cinnyris dussumieri	LC	resident	1999	present	A2

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
La Digue Veuve	Special Marine Reserve	8	protected area overlaps with site	8

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: La Digue island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6785 on 28/05/2023.