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Mount Bénara Forest Reserve


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
Comoro Olive-pigeon Columba pollenii NT resident (1998) present A1, A2
Comoro Blue-pigeon Alectroenas sganzini NT resident (1998) present A2
Mayotte Drongo Dicrurus waldenii VU resident (1998) present A1, A2
Chestnut-sided White-eye Zosterops mayottensis LC resident (1998) present A2
Mayotte Sunbird Cinnyris coquerellii LC resident (1998) present A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Réserve Forestière de Tchaourembo Protection/Protected Zone (-) -
- Réserve Forestière de Voundzé Protection/Protected Zone (-) -
- Réserve Forestière de Hajangoua Protection/Protected Zone (-) -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Bénara Forest Reserve (Mayotte (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-bénara forest-reserve-iba-mayotte-(to-france) on 27/12/2024.