The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2019 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
White-faced Whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
73,734–91,177 birds |
A4, B3a |
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
615–1,704 birds |
B3a |
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
61–135 birds |
B3a |
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
3,143–8,354 birds |
A4, B3a |
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
460–874 birds |
B3a |
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
53–100 birds |
B3a |
Garganey Spatula querquedula |
LC |
winter (2014–2017) |
54,917–90,368 birds |
A4, B3a |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter (2014–2017) |
4,311–6,747 birds |
B3a |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
winter (2014–2017) |
91,905–126,420 birds |
A4, B3a |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
10,758–16,940 birds |
A4, B3a |
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor |
NT |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
7,943–14,161 birds |
B1a, B3a |
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina |
VU |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
73–85 birds |
A1, B3a |
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
1,464–2,553 birds |
A4, B3a |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
winter (2014–2017) |
198–218 birds |
B3a |
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
17,825–24,495 birds |
A4, B3a |
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
353–526 birds |
B3a |
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
188–303 birds |
B3a |
Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
winter (2014–2017) |
711–1,013 birds |
B3a |
Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
392–1,049 birds |
B3a |
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
13,816–18,392 birds |
A4, B3a |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
2,497–2,735 birds |
B3a |
African Darter Anhinga rufa |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2019) |
397–553 birds |
B3a |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter (2014–2017) |
3,787–8,077 birds |
A4, B3a |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
winter (2014–2017) |
155 birds |
B1a |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
winter (2014–2017) |
2,333–5,245 birds |
B1a, B3a |
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
VU |
winter (2014–2017) |
83–179 birds |
B1a |
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola |
LC |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
825–2,152 birds |
B3a |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
passage (1994) |
3,200 birds |
A4, B3a |
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia |
LC |
winter (-) |
2,000,000 birds |
A4, B3a |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
non-breeding (2014–2017) |
299,535–358,172 birds |
B3b |