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The site was identified as important in 2013 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
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala	LC	resident	2008-2012	140 individuals	A4i
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus	LC	resident	2008-2012	150-300 individuals	A4i
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva	LC	non-breeding	2008-2012	8,000-10,000 individuals	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	non-breeding	2008-2012	10,000-20,000 individuals	A4i
Charadrius mongolus	NR	non-breeding	2008-2012	20,000-40,000 individuals	A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	non-breeding	2008-2012	2,200-4,000 individuals	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	non-breeding	2008-2012	3,500-5,000 individuals	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	non-breeding	2009	456 individuals	A1
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	VU	non-breeding	2008-2012	4,000-5,000 individuals	A4i
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	VU	non-breeding	2008-2012	7,000-12,000 individuals	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	non-breeding	2010	74-180 individuals	A1, A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	non-breeding	2008-2012	7,000-12,000 individuals	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	non-breeding	2008-2012	1,400-2,000 individuals	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	non-breeding	2008-2012	1,800-3,500 individuals	A4i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	non-breeding	2008-2012	4,500-8,000 individuals	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	non-breeding	2009-2011	117 individuals	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2013. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Geological events	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2017	Gulf of Mottama	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	23

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gulf of Mottama (Myanmar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gulf-of-mottama-iba-myanmar on 22/11/2024.