Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus | LC | winter | - | 1,500 individuals | A4i |
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii | LC | winter | - | 1,250 individuals | A4i |
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola | LC | non-breeding | - | 800 individuals | A4i |
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi | LC | non-breeding | - | 5,700 individuals | A4i |
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | LC | breeding | - | 1,500 breeding pairs | A4i |
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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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2021 | very high | very unfavourable | high |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Habitat |
Accuracy of information | good |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Agricultural expansion and intensification | annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | logging & wood harvesting - intentional use: subsistence/small scale | happening now | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | very rapid to severe deterioration | very high |
Climate change and severe weather | drought | happening now | whole area/population (>90%) | very rapid to severe deterioration | very high |
Climate change and severe weather | habitat shifting and alteration | happening now | whole area/population (>90%) | very rapid to severe deterioration | very high |
Human intrusions and disturbance | recreational activities | likely in long term (beyond 4 years) | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Invasive and other problematic species and genes | invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - unspecified species | likely in long term (beyond 4 years) | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Natural system modifications | fire & fire suppression - suppression in fire frequency/intensity | likely in long term (beyond 4 years) | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Pollution | garbage & solid waste | happening now | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | moderate to rapid deterioration | high |
Condition of habitat (state) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat Detail | Reference Area (ha) | Actual Area (ha) | % of habitat remaining | % of carrying capacity (overall) | Result |
Wetlands (inland) | Mangroves | 0 | 0 | - | moderate (70-90%) | very unfavourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species | Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity | high |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Watamu | Marine National Park | 1,000 | protected area contained by site | 1,000 |
Watamu | Marine National Reserve | 3,200 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Mallindi | Marine National Park | 600 | protected area contained by site | 630 |
Malindi-Watamu | Marine National Reserve | 24,500 | protected area contained by site | 24,500 |
Malindi-Watamu | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 19,600 | protected area contained by site | 19,600 |
Malindi | Marine National Reserve | 21,300 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - | |
Forest | Lowland forest - dry deciduous, Lowland forest - dry evergreen | - |
Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Intertidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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fisheries/aquaculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mida Creek, Whale Island and the Malindi - Watamu coast. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/02/2023.