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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
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	VU	winter (2000)	16,043 birds	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	winter (1988)	708 birds	A4i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	non-breeding (2000)	3,402 birds	A4i
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	non-breeding (2000)	203 birds	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter (2000)	3,427 birds	A4i
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	non-breeding (2000)	1,939 birds	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Rufiji	State Forest Reserve (-)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	92
Shrubland	7

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rufiji Delta (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rufiji-delta-iba-tanzania on 27/12/2024.