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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
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 individuals	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

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 (2001) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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
1927	Tsimanampetsotsa	National Park	100
1998	Parc national Tsimanampesotse	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		93
Grassland		4
Wetlands (inland)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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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 23/11/2024.