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Lake Kitangire


IBA Justification

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) 3,000 birds A4i
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor NT non-breeding (1995) 357,000 birds A1, A4i
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis LC non-breeding (1995) 1,160 birds A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC non-breeding (1995) 4,000 birds A4i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola LC non-breeding (1995) 1,500 birds A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus LC winter (1995) 20,000 birds A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica LC winter (1995) 2,000 birds A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a non-breeding (1995) 100,000-499,999 birds A4iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) 49
Grassland 27
Artificial/Terrestrial 23

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Kitangire (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-kitangire-iba-tanzania on 23/12/2024.