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Maningoza Special Reserve


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
Giant Coua Coua gigas LC resident (1998) present A3
Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli LC resident (1998) present A2, A3
Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps LC resident (1998) present A3
Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli NT resident (1998) present A1, A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata LC resident (1998) present A3
Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava LC resident (1998) present A3

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 not assessed not assessed not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no unset poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1956 Maningoza Special Reserve (IV) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Shrubland 86
Forest 10
Grassland 2

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maningoza Special Reserve (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maningoza-special-reserve-iba-madagascar on 23/12/2024.