MG049
Mangerivola Special Reserve This is an IBA in Danger! 


IBA Justification

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
Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor VU resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis LC resident 1998 present A3
Collared Nightjar Gactornis enarratus LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea LC resident 1998 present A3
Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis LC resident 1998 present A3
Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides LC resident 1998 present A3
Madagascar Crested Ibis Lophotibis cristata VU resident 1998 present A1
Short-legged Ground-roller Brachypteracias leptosomus VU resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Pitta-like Ground-roller Atelornis pittoides LC resident 1998 present A1, A3
Rufous-headed Ground-roller Atelornis crossleyi NT resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea LC resident 1998 present A3
Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans LC resident 1998 present A3
Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa LC resident 1998 present A3
Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi LC resident 1998 present A1, A3
Bernier's Vanga Oriolia bernieri EN resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Green Jery Neomixis viridis LC resident 1998 present A3
White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis LC resident 1998 present A3
Wedge-tailed Tetraka Hartertula flavoviridis NT resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey-crowned Tetraka Xanthomixis cinereiceps NT resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops LC resident 1998 present A1, A3
Forest Rock-thrush Monticola sharpei LC resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Forest Fody Foudia omissa LC resident 1998 present A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi 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.


IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1999. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2017 very unfavourable very high low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest moderate (70-90%) poor (40-69%) very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification happening now some of area/population (10-49%) slow but significant deterioration medium
Biological resource use happening now some of area/population (10-49%) slow but significant deterioration medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas Management plan Other action Result
Unknown A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species Unknown low

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1958 Mangerivola Special Reserve 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 98
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Unknown -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mangerivola Special Reserve (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mangerivola-special-reserve-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.