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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	LC	non-breeding	-	281 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Pawaga-Idodi WMA	Wildlife management area	17

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		36
Grassland		35
Artificial/Terrestrial		26

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mtera reservoir (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mtera-reservoir-iba-tanzania on 25/11/2024.