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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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1995	18,880 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1995	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		94
Forest		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Victoria: Bumbire Islands (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-victoria:-bumbire-islands-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.