• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Giant Coua Coua gigas	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Running Coua Coua cursor	LC	resident	1995	present	A2, A3
Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi	LC	resident	1995	present	A2, A3
Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris	NT	resident	1995	present	A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides	LC	resident	1995	present	A2, A3
Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava	LC	resident	1995	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1999) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1999. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	poor (40-69%)	moderate (70-90%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Unknown	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Unknown	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1939	Andohahela	National Park	100
2007	Rainforests of the Atsinanana	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		63
Forest		13
Grassland		7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Andohahela National Park - Section II (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/andohahela-national-park--section-ii-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.