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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	53,050 individuals	A4i
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor	LC	non-breeding	2000	7,200 individuals	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding	2000	1,650 individuals	A4i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	non-breeding	2000	7,200 individuals	A4i
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis	LC	non-breeding	2000	1,400 individuals	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	2000	1,560 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	2000	12,100 individuals	A4i
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	winter	2000	5,950 individuals	A4i
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius	LC	non-breeding	2000	1,800 individuals	A4i
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	VU	winter	2000	28,800 individuals	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	2000	18,400 individuals	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	winter	2000	12,600 individuals	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	winter	2000	6,900 individuals	A4i
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	LC	winter	2000	1,750 individuals	A4i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	winter	2000	1,000 individuals	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	non-breeding	2000	440 individuals	A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	winter	2000	1,000 individuals	A4i
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	winter	2000	3,350 individuals	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter	2000	450 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	2000	1,900 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding	2000	1,270 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2008	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.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2022) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Anlo-Keta lagoon complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Keta Lagoon Ramsar Site (Ghana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/keta-lagoon-ramsar-site-iba-ghana on 26/11/2024.