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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	1998	present	A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pitta-like Ground-roller Atelornis pittoides	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Jery Neomixis viridis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Emu-tail Bradypterus brunneus	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi	LC	resident	1998	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
-	Bidia	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: Bidia Classified Forest (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bidia-classified-forest-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.