MG051
Sihanaka Forest


IBA Justification

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
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

Land use

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


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 23/12/2024.