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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
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor	LC	non-breeding (1994)	19,100 birds	A4i
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis	LC	non-breeding (2000)	11,000 birds	A4i
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	winter (1994)	272,500 birds	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter (1994)	150,000 birds	A4i
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	non-breeding (2000)	580 birds	A4i
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	LC	non-breeding (2000)	765 birds	A4i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	non-breeding (1996)	16,000 birds	A4i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	non-breeding (2000)	6,750 birds	A4i
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	non-breeding (1996)	5,120 birds	A4i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident (1986)	12,000 pairs	A4i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	non-breeding (1994)	260,000 birds	A4i
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	non-breeding (2000)	4,171 birds	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding (1986)	630 pairs	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding (1999)	4,563 birds	A4i
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca	LC	non-breeding (1998)	510 birds	A4i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	non-breeding (2000)	4,002 birds	A4i
Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha	LC	non-breeding (2000)	1,501 birds	A4i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	non-breeding (1983)	5,500 birds	A4i
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	LC	resident (1986)	4,400 pairs	A4i
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	LC	non-breeding (2000)	59,000 birds	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding (1994)	5,299 birds	A4i
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	winter (1998)	6,057 birds	A4i
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius	LC	non-breeding (2000)	11,834 birds	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter (1999)	26,852 birds	A4i
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	winter (1992)	45,000 birds	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter (1998)	17,666 birds	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	winter (1999)	4,431 birds	A4i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	non-breeding (1994)	8,254 birds	A4i
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus	LC	non-breeding (1983)	1,000 birds	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	winter (2000)	3,193 birds	A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	winter (2000)	3,600 birds	A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	winter (1997)	3,800 birds	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter (1998)	1,948 birds	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 birds	A4iii

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
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (<4 years)	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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

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 23/12/2024.