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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
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	non-breeding	1995	400 individuals	A4i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	non-breeding	1995	700 individuals	A4i
Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis	NT	non-breeding	1982	2,000 individuals	A4i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	non-breeding	1995	400 individuals	A4i
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	non-breeding	1995	1,000 individuals	A4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	non-breeding	1995	3,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	non-breeding	1995	500 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1995	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 (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Mangrove No.20	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Magroove	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Mangroove	Forest Reserve	<1
1975	Dar es Salaam	Marine Reserve	6

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Gezaulole Cultural Tourism Group	1998
Youth Vision of Kigamboni	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dar es Salaam coast (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dar-es-salaam-coast-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.