Carambolim Wetlands (India) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Carambolim Wetlands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident	2004	present	A1
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Malabar Parakeet Nicopsitta columboides	LC	resident	2004	present	A2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	very unfavourable	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	unknown

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	low

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Carambolim Wetlands (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/carambolim-wetlands-iba-india on 23/11/2024.