MG040
Anjanaharibe Classified Forest


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Anjanaharibe Classified Forest (-) 100

Land use

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


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 23/12/2024.