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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
Meller's Duck Anas melleri	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii	EN	resident	-	present	A1
Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Madagascar Crested Ibis Lophotibis cristata	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Madagascar Serpent-eagle Eutriorchis astur	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Henst's Goshawk Accipiter henstii	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Short-legged Ground-roller Brachypteracias leptosomus	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Scaly Ground-roller Geobiastes squamiger	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Pitta-like Ground-roller Atelornis pittoides	LC	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Rufous-headed Ground-roller Atelornis crossleyi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Crossley's Vanga Mystacornis crossleyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi	LC	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Bernier's Vanga Oriolia bernieri	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Green Jery Neomixis viridis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Madagascar Grassbird Bradypterus seebohmi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Madagascar Yellowbrow Crossleyia xanthophrys	LC	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops	LC	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Forest Rock-thrush Monticola sharpei	LC	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Forest Fody Foudia omissa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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

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: Sihanaka Forest (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sihanaka-forest-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.