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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	non-breeding	-	481 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	-	1,741 individuals	A4i
Kordofan Lark Mirafra cordofanica	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Himantopus himantopus	1,741	1,500	individuals	87	near favourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	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	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1970	Sahel	Partial Faunal Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		96
Artificial/Terrestrial		3

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: Béli River (Burkina Faso). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/béli-river-iba-burkina-faso on 23/11/2024.