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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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1988	2,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding	-	5,000-10,000 individuals	A1
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	LC	breeding	1988	75 breeding pairs	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1988	350 breeding pairs	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.

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
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
1992	Iles Tristao	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		82
Artificial/Terrestrial		15
Unknown		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Iles Tristao (Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/iles-tristao-iba-guinea on 23/11/2024.