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Bouéni Bay Mangroves


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae EN non-breeding (-) present A1
Mayotte Drongo Dicrurus waldenii VU resident (1998) present A1, A2
Chestnut-sided White-eye Zosterops mayottensis LC resident (1998) present A2
Mayotte Sunbird Cinnyris coquerellii LC resident (1998) present A2
Red-headed Fody Foudia eminentissima LC resident (1998) present A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2007 BAIE DE BOUENI Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) 100
2010 Mayotte Parc naturel marin (V) 40

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bouéni Bay Mangroves (Mayotte (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bouéni-bay-mangroves-iba-mayotte-(to-france) on 29/12/2024.