MG075
Menarandra Forest / Vohindefo NPA


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
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

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 23/12/2024.