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Ile Alcatraz et Ile du Naufrage


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC breeding (1988) 3,000 pairs A4ii
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC non-breeding (1988) 3,000 birds A4i

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2001 not assessed medium not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes unset good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Pollution likely in long term (>4 years) some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ile Alcatraz et Ile du Naufrage (Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ile-alcatraz-et-ile-du-naufrage-iba-guinea on 23/12/2024.