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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
Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Madagascar Crested Ibis Lophotibis cristata	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae	EN	breeding	-	present	A1
Short-legged Ground-roller Brachypteracias leptosomus	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Scaly Ground-roller Geobiastes squamiger	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Rufous-headed Ground-roller Atelornis crossleyi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Sunbird-asity Neodrepanis hypoxantha	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Bernier's Vanga Oriolia bernieri	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Fody Foudia omissa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Anjanaharibe	Classified Forest	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Anjanaharibe Classified Forest (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/anjanaharibe-classified-forest-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.