Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor |
NT |
non-breeding (1998) |
present |
A1 |
Giant Coua Coua gigas |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A3 |
Running Coua Coua cursor |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A3 |
Black-banded Plover Charadrius thoracicus |
VU |
resident (1998) |
55 birds |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis |
NT |
resident (1998) |
present |
A1 |
Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris |
NT |
resident (1998) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A3 |
Subdesert Brush-warbler Nesillas lantzii |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Littoral Rock-thrush Monticola imerina |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava |
LC |
resident (1998) |
present |
A3 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1999. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2001 |
not assessed |
medium |
not assessed |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
good |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Shrubland |
93 |
|
Grassland |
4 |
|
Wetlands (inland) |
1 |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
agriculture |
- |
hunting |
- |
nature conservation and research |
- |
other |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park (Madagascar). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tsimanampetsotsa-national-park-iba-madagascar on 23/12/2024.