Pont Bon Dieu (Mauritius) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Pont Bon Dieu

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Mascarene Swiftlet Aerodramus francicus	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Mauritius Grey White-eye Zosterops mauritianus	LC	resident	1998	present	A2

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2023) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2023	very unfavourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	70
water management	70
other	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pont Bon Dieu (Mauritius). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pont-bon-dieu-iba-mauritius on 23/11/2024.