Mangal Jodi (India) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Mangal Jodi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	resident	2004	present	A1
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Wild Orissa (Mangal Jodi)	1997

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mangal Jodi (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mangal-jodi-iba-india on 22/11/2024.