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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
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1995	11,600 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	-	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.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chiya wetland (Niger). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chiya-wetland-iba-niger on 22/11/2024.