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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
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	non-breeding	1995	5,000 individuals	A4i

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
-	Saanane Island National Park	National Park	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		83
Artificial/Terrestrial		14
Forest		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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