ML008
Mare de Gossi


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Garganey Spatula querquedula LC winter 1984 21,000 individuals A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a non-breeding 1984 20,000-49,999 individuals A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mare de Gossi (Mali). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mare-de-gossi-iba-mali on 23/11/2024.