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
Current IUCN 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 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 (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mahavavy - Kinkony wetlands NPA. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mahavavy--kinkony-wetlands-npa-iba-madagascar on 04/12/2023.