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Lake Victoria: Bumbire Islands


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

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture -


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 23/12/2024.