IN313
Mangal Jodi


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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 birds A4iii

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 popul­ation/area (10–49%) moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations) high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning 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 visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

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

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 23/12/2024.