Data Zone
Country/territory: Mali
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii (2001)
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Area: 8,000 ha
Site description (2001 baseline)
Kouakourou is situated in the southern part of the Inner Delta of the Niger, approximately 50 km south-west of Mopti. The site includes a seasonally flooded woodland of Acacia and Zizyphus spp., surrounded by seasonally flooded areas of mixed agricultural land and pasture. The site is defined as a circle of 10 km diameter centred on the middle of the woodland.
Key biodiversity
See Box for key species. This site holds a major heron breeding colony which, in 1986, consisted of 15,191 pairs of seven species. Thus, the total number of birds at the site during the breeding season is in excess of 30,000 individuals. The site is also likely to be used by significant numbers of Palearctic migrant waterbirds, but there is no information.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kouakourou (Mali). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kouakourou-iba-mali on 23/11/2024.