Data Zone
Country/territory: Madagascar
IBA criteria met: A1, A3, A4i (1999)
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Area: 6,119 ha
Site description (2001 baseline)
The site is located 65 km south of Toamasina and 30 km north of Ambila-Lemaitso, on the east coast of Madagascar. It comprises the stretch of the Pangalanes Canal between Ambila-Lemaitso and Tampina, as well as lakes (including Lakes Rasoabe, Rasoamasay, Loakangady and Filomo) and scattered forests. The aquatic vegetation in the canal and lakes includes Cyperus and (rarely) water-lilies Nymphaea and Najas. Islets and banks at the water-margins are covered by Typhonodorum, Carex, Cyperus, Pandanus, Fimbristylis, Melaleuca and Scirpus. On dry land, there are littoral or low-altitude, dense, humid evergreen forests, as well as plantations of Casuarina, Cocos, Eucalyptus, Raphia and Musa.
Key biodiversity
See Box and Table 3 for key species. Forty-five species are known from the site, of which 13 are endemic to Madagascar. In one recent visit, a few Anas melleri and a significant congregation of Glareola ocularis were noted.
Non-bird biodiversity: Lemur: Daubentonia madagascariensis (EN).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Pangalane (Madagascar). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-pangalane-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.