Lake Balangida Lelu (Tanzania) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Lake Balangida Lelu

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding	2000-2001	5,116-6,743 individuals	A4i
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding	1995-2001	4,575-5,700 individuals	A1
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	non-breeding	2000	680 individuals	A4i
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri	NT	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus	LC	resident	1995-2001	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1995	21,848 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Balangida Lelu (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-balangida-lelu-iba-tanzania on 22/11/2024.