• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	non-breeding	1997	775 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible 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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2001	Complexe Kokorou-Namga	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		75
Grassland		25

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
other	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kokoro wetland (Niger). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kokoro-wetland-iba-niger on 23/11/2024.