Delta du Saloum – Niumi – Tanbi (Gambia)

Delta du Saloum – Niumi – Tanbi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding	2015	13,547-22,581 individuals	A4i
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus	LC	breeding	2015	21,958-36,600 individuals	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	2015	13,744-22,908 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding	2015	46,925-79,803 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Delta du Saloum – Niumi – Tanbi (Gambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/delta-du-saloum-–-niumi-–-tanbi-iba-gambia on 23/11/2024.