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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	1984	23,000 individuals	A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	1987	5,600 individuals	A1, A4i
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	winter	1985	31,270 individuals	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1985	27,600 individuals	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding	1999	560 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	1978	1,600 individuals	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	1985	6,200 individuals	A4i
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	winter	1978	32,000 individuals	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	winter	1979	2,000 individuals	A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	winter	1980	3,000 individuals	A4i
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.

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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
Forest		48
Artificial/Terrestrial		22
Shrubland		18
Wetlands (inland)		11

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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