ML014
Kouakourou


IBA Justification

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
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis LC breeding (1986) 12,500 pairs A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba LC breeding (1986) 290 pairs A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a breeding (1986) 20,000-49,999 birds A4iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 94
Wetlands (inland) 5

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kouakourou (Mali). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kouakourou-iba-mali on 27/12/2024.