ML008
Mare de Gossi


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Garganey Spatula querquedula LC winter (1984) 21,000 birds A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a non-breeding (1984) 20,000-49,999 birds A4iii

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 24/12/2024.