The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List | Season (year/s of estimate) | Size | IBA criteria |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor | NT | non-breeding (-) | 5,000–10,000 birds | A1 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | winter (1998) | 1,800 birds | A4i |
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus | LC | non-breeding (1998) | 1,470 birds | A4i |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | non-breeding (-) | min 20,000 birds | A4iii |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
2001 | not assessed | high | not assessed |
Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
yes | unset | good |
Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Biological resource use | happening now | most of population/area (50–90%) | moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations) | high |
Human intrusions and disturbance | happening now | most of population/area (50–90%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | high |
Agricultural expansion and intensification | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations) | high |
Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Designation | Planning | Action | Result |
Not assessed | Not assessed | Not assessed | not assessed |
Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
---|---|---|
Forest | 80 | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | 9 | |
Unknown | 5 | |
Shrubland | 4 |
Land use | % of IBA |
---|---|
agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rio Kapatchez (Guinea). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rio-kapatchez-iba-guinea on 24/12/2024.