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Gezira


IBA Justification

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
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo LC winter 1962 1,000 individuals A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus LC winter 1961 4,000 individuals A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a unknown - 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.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial 48
Grassland 34
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) 16
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gezira (Sudan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gezira-iba-sudan on 23/11/2024.