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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
White-faced Whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata	LC	non-breeding	2000	21,280 individuals	A4i
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos	LC	non-breeding	2001	10,100 individuals	A4i
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	winter	2001	21,600 individuals	A4i
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	LC	non-breeding	2000	573 individuals	A4i
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	non-breeding	2001	340 individuals	A4i
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina	VU	non-breeding	2000	860 individuals	A4i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	winter	2001	4,800 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	2001	13,200 individuals	A4i
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	winter	2001	22,000 individuals	A4i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	non-breeding	2000	2,457 individuals	A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	winter	2001	4,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2000-2001	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		57
Grassland		31
Artificial/Terrestrial		7
Wetlands (inland)		3
Desert		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-

le site n'est pas protégé

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gâat Mahmoûdé (Mauritania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gâat-mahmoûdé-iba-mauritania on 23/11/2024.