Mitsio National Park (Madagascar) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Mitsio National Park

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Madagascar Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides	CR	resident	1997	3 breeding pairs	A1, A3

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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	not assessed	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2011	Ankarea	Paysage Harmonieux Protégé	62

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Forest	Lowland forest - dry deciduous	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Savanna	Wooded grassland	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
not utilised	-
agriculture	-
energy production and mining	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mitsio National Park (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mitsio-national-park-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.