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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
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	non-breeding	-	2,000 individuals	A4i

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
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jakhaly rice-fields (Gambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jakhaly-rice-fields-iba-gambia on 23/11/2024.