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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
The site is composed of bays, rivers and estuaries located in the coastal zone of the Ampasindava peninsula. The relief of the peninsula is very much marked, with cuestas and outcrops of lias, sandstone and schist, dissected by many rivers (the main ones being the Bemanevika, Barimahamay and Anafiafy). The coastal vegetation consists of mangrove woodland, sometimes interrupted by littoral forest.
See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. Among the 39 recorded species, 15 are endemic. A few
Threskiornis (aethiopicus) bernieri occur, as well as some pairs of
Haliaeetus vociferoides. According to local information,
Anas bernieri breeds at the site.
Non-bird biodiversity: Lemurs: Eulemur macaco macaco (VU), Daubentonia madagascariensis (EN).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The mangrove trees are used for firewood and construction wood.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ampasindava Bay wetlands (Madagascar). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ampasindava-bay-wetlands-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.
