Ilha de Bolama - Rio Grande de Buba (Guinea-Bissau)

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Ilha de Bolama - Rio Grande de Buba

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2019 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
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens	LC	non-breeding	2017	961 individuals	A4, B3a
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	winter	2017	335 individuals	B1a
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	winter	2017	96 individuals	B1a
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	VU	winter	2017	96 individuals	B1a
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter	2017	335 individuals	B3a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2019) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2019. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2001	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1996	Bolama - Bijagós	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
1996	Bijagos Archipelago Biosphere Reserve	Biosphere Reserve	62

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilha de Bolama - Rio Grande de Buba (Guinea-Bissau). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilha-de-bolama--rio-grande-de-buba-iba-guinea-bissau on 23/11/2024.