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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
Giant Coua Coua gigas	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Running Coua Coua cursor	LC	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi	LC	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris	NT	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides	LC	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava	LC	resident	1996	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	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	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
1978	Bezaha Mahafaly	Special Reserve	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beza-mahafaly-special-reserve-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.