Burnt Island (Bandra) Vengurla Rocks (India) IBA | Details

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Burnt Island (Bandra) Vengurla Rocks

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor	LC	breeding (2001)	min 18,000 birds	A3
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding (2003)	150–10,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (2001)	15,000–20,000 birds	A4iii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)	Semi-desert scrub

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Burnt Island (Bandra) Vengurla Rocks (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/burnt-island-(bandra)-vengurla-rocks-iba-india on 27/12/2024.