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 |
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White-faced Whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 53,050 birds | A4i |
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 7,200 birds | A4i |
Great White Egret Ardea alba | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 1,650 birds | A4i |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 7,200 birds | A4i |
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 1,400 birds | A4i |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | winter (2000) | 1,560 birds | A4i |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 12,100 birds | A4i |
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula | LC | winter (2000) | 5,950 birds | A4i |
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 1,800 birds | A4i |
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea | VU | winter (2000) | 28,800 birds | A4i |
Little Stint Calidris minuta | LC | winter (2000) | 18,400 birds | A4i |
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus | LC | winter (2000) | 12,600 birds | A4i |
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia | LC | winter (2000) | 6,900 birds | A4i |
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis | LC | winter (2000) | 1,750 birds | A4i |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | winter (2000) | 1,000 birds | A4i |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 440 birds | A4i |
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida | LC | winter (2000) | 1,000 birds | A4i |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger | LC | winter (2000) | 3,350 birds | A4i |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | LC | winter (2000) | 450 birds | A4i |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | winter (2000) | 1,900 birds | A4i |
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus | LC | non-breeding (2000) | 1,270 birds | A4i |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | non-breeding (2008) | 100,000-499,999 birds | A4iii |
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.
IBA conservation assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
2022 | not assessed | very high | medium |
Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
yes | unset | good |
Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
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Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Agricultural expansion and intensification | happening now | whole of population/area (>90%) | rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations) | very high |
Human intrusions and disturbance | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | medium |
Pollution | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | medium |
Residential and commercial development | likely in long term (>4 years) | some of population/area (10–49%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | medium |
Transportation and service corridors | happening now | few individuals/small area (<10%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | low |
Biological resource use | happening now | few individuals/small area (<10%) | no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations) | low |
Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
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Designation | Planning | Action | Result |
Whole area (>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 |
Land use | % of IBA |
---|---|
agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
other | - |
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 27/12/2024.