MG056
Onive Classified Forest


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 Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea LC resident 1998 present A3
Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis LC resident 1998 present A3
Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides LC resident 1998 present A3
Henst's Goshawk Accipiter henstii VU resident 1998 present A1
Short-legged Ground-roller Brachypteracias leptosomus VU resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Pitta-like Ground-roller Atelornis pittoides LC resident 1998 present A1, A3
Rufous-headed Ground-roller Atelornis crossleyi NT resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea LC resident 1998 present A3
Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans LC resident 1998 present A3
Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa LC resident 1998 present A3
Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi LC resident 1998 present A1, A3
Green Jery Neomixis viridis LC resident 1998 present A3
Brown Emu-tail Bradypterus brunneus LC resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis LC resident 1998 present A3
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey-crowned Tetraka Xanthomixis cinereiceps NT resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Madagascar Yellowbrow Crossleyia xanthophrys LC resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi LC resident 1998 present A2, A3
Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops LC resident 1998 present A1, A3
Forest Rock-thrush Monticola sharpei LC resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Forest Fody Foudia omissa LC resident 1998 present A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi LC resident 1998 present A3

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Onive Classified Forest 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -
nature conservation and research -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Onive Classified Forest (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/onive-classified-forest-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.