MG031
Maevatanana - Ambato-Boeny wetlands


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1999 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
Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii EN resident (1998) present A1
Madagascar Heron Ardea humbloti EN resident (1998) present A1, A2, A3
Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha EN resident (1998) present A2
Madagascar Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides CR resident (1998) present A1, A2, A3

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maevatanana - Ambato-Boeny wetlands (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maevatanana--ambato-boeny-wetlands-iba-madagascar on 24/12/2024.