Lake Sourou (Burkina Faso) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Lake Sourou

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	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.

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2001	favourable	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
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
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2009	La Vallée du Sourou	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Sourou Valley Site Support Group	2000

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		86
Shrubland		13
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Other artificial wetlands	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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