MG075
Menarandra Forest / Vohindefo NPA


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
Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps LC resident 1998 present A3
Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris NT resident 1998 present A2, A3
Subdesert Brush-warbler Nesillas lantzii LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Littoral Rock-thrush Monticola imerina LC resident 1998 present A2, A3

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


Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Menarandra Forest / Vohindefo NPA (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/menarandra-forest--vohindefo-npa-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.