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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Giant Coua Coua gigas	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Running Coua Coua cursor	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis	NT	resident	1998	present	A1
Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Red-shouldered Vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis	VU	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris	NT	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Subdesert Brush-warbler Nesillas lantzii	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Littoral Rock-thrush Monticola imerina	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1999) may differ.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mahafaly Plateau Forest complex (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mahafaly-plateau-forest-complex-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.