Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
non-breeding (1995) |
50,000 birds |
A4i |
| Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor |
NT |
non-breeding (1995) |
700,000 birds |
A1, A4i |
| Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis |
LC |
non-breeding (1995) |
11,072 birds |
A4i |
| African Spoonbill Platalea alba |
LC |
non-breeding (1995) |
2,850 birds |
A4i |
| Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus |
LC |
non-breeding (1995) |
15,831 birds |
A4i |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
non-breeding (1995) |
2,002 birds |
A4i |
| Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus |
LC |
non-breeding (1995) |
3,954 birds |
A4i |
| Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
non-breeding (1995) |
500,000-999,999 birds |
A4iii |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Wetlands (inland) |
75 |
|
| Grassland |
13 |
|
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
11 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| forestry |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Eyasi (Tanzania). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-eyasi-iba-tanzania on 23/12/2024.
