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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Onive	Classified Forest (-)	100

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

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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 23/12/2024.