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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	1993-1994	present	A1, A2, A3
Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Blue Coua Coua caerulea	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Slender-billed Flufftail Sarothrura watersi	NT	resident	1993-1994	present	A1, A2, A3
Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis	VU	resident	1993-1994	present	A2, A3
Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla	VU	resident	1993-1994	present	A2, A3
Pitta-like Ground-roller Atelornis pittoides	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A1, A3
Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Green Jery Neomixis viridis	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Madagascar Grassbird Bradypterus seebohmi	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A2, A3
White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi	LC	resident	1993-1994	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1999. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2005	Marais de Torotorofotsy avec leurs bassins versants	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	95

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent herbaceous swamps and bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Torotorofotsy Wetlands (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/torotorofotsy-wetlands-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.