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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
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor	LC	non-breeding	1994	19,100 individuals	A4i
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis	LC	non-breeding	2000	11,000 individuals	A4i
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	winter	1994	272,500 individuals	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1994	150,000 individuals	A4i
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	non-breeding	2000	580 individuals	A4i
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	LC	non-breeding	2000	765 individuals	A4i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	non-breeding	1996	16,000 individuals	A4i
Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha	LC	non-breeding	2000	1,501 individuals	A4i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	non-breeding	2000	6,750 individuals	A4i
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	non-breeding	1996	5,120 individuals	A4i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1986	12,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	non-breeding	1994	260,000 individuals	A4i
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	non-breeding	2000	4,171 individuals	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1986	630 breeding pairs	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding	1999	4,563 individuals	A4i
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca	LC	non-breeding	1998	510 individuals	A4i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	non-breeding	2000	4,002 individuals	A4i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	non-breeding	1983	5,500 individuals	A4i
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	LC	resident	1986	4,400 breeding pairs	A4i
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	LC	non-breeding	2000	59,000 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	1994	5,299 individuals	A4i
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	winter	1998	6,057 individuals	A4i
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius	LC	non-breeding	2000	11,834 individuals	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	1999	26,852 individuals	A4i
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	winter	1992	45,000 individuals	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	1998	17,666 individuals	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	winter	1999	4,431 individuals	A4i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	non-breeding	1994	8,254 individuals	A4i
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus	LC	non-breeding	1983	1,000 individuals	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	winter	2000	3,193 individuals	A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	winter	2000	3,600 individuals	A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	winter	1997	3,800 individuals	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter	1998	1,948 individuals	A4i
Sahelian Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	500,000-999,999 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
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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
2004	Delta Intérieur du Niger	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		67
Wetlands (inland)		28
Grassland		2
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lac Débo - Lac Oualado Débo (Mali). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lac-débo--lac-oualado-débo-iba-mali on 23/11/2024.