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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
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs	NT	resident	1997	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sahelian Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding	1997	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

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 (2001) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		77
Artificial/Terrestrial		21
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Falaise de Bandiagara (Mali). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/falaise-de-bandiagara-iba-mali on 22/11/2024.