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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
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	1998	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2009	Barrage de la Kompienga	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		53
Shrubland		25
Wetlands (inland)		20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Kompienga (Burkina Faso). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-kompienga-iba-burkina-faso on 22/11/2024.