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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
Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3
Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A2, A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3
Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli	NT	resident	1987-1988	present	A1, A2
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi	LC	resident	1987-1988	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1999) may differ.

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1956	Manongarivo	Special Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		98
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Unknown		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manongarivo Special Reserve and extension (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manongarivo-special-reserve-and-extension-iba-madagascar on 22/11/2024.