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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
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	non-breeding	1985	2,800 individuals	A4i
Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha	LC	breeding	1985	530 breeding pairs	A4i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	non-breeding	2000	3,000 individuals	A4i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1985	17,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	non-breeding	1999	54,662 individuals	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1985	1,600 breeding pairs	A4i
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	LC	breeding	1985	14,000 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1985	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	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.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		95
Grassland		4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Koumbé Niasso (Mali). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/koumbé-niasso-iba-mali on 23/11/2024.