MG023
Mahajamba Bay - Anjavavy Complex


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 Heron Ardea humbloti EN resident (1997) present A1, A2, A3
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis LC non-breeding (1997) 447 birds A4i
Madagascar Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides CR resident (1997) present A1, A2, A3

Land use

Land use % of IBA
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mahajamba Bay - Anjavavy Complex (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mahajamba-bay--anjavavy-complex-iba-madagascar on 27/12/2024.