Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 1999 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Meller's Duck Anas melleri |
EN |
resident |
1997 |
present |
A2 |
Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri |
EN |
resident |
1997 |
10 individuals |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
non-breeding |
1997 |
4,200 individuals |
A4i |
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor |
NT |
non-breeding |
1997 |
present |
A1 |
Giant Coua Coua gigas |
LC |
resident |
1997 |
present |
A3 |
Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli |
LC |
resident |
1997 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps |
LC |
resident |
1997 |
present |
A3 |
Madagascar Pond-heron Ardeola idae |
EN |
breeding |
1997 |
present |
A1 |
Madagascar Heron Ardea humbloti |
EN |
resident |
1997 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis |
LC |
non-breeding |
1997 |
2,523 individuals |
A4i |
Madagascar Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides |
CR |
resident |
1997 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata |
LC |
resident |
1997 |
present |
A3 |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1999).
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment (most recent) |
State (condition) |
Pressure (threat) |
Response (action) |
2019 |
unfavourable |
high |
high |
Was the whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
habitat |
good |
|
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) |
Site Bioculturel d'Antrema
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
20,620 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Lac Kinkony
|
Hunting Reserve |
15,000 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
Forest |
Mangrove, Lowland forest - dry deciduous |
- |
Marine Neritic |
|
- |
Marine Intertidal |
|
- |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
|
- |
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here.
Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
tourism/recreation |
- |
agriculture |
- |
fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
other |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mahavavy - Kinkony wetlands NPA. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mahavavy--kinkony-wetlands-npa-iba-madagascar on 19/03/2024.