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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
Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor	VU	resident	1990	present	A1, A2, A3
Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis	LC	resident	1990	present	A3
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii	LC	resident	1990	present	A3
Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides	LC	resident	1990	present	A3
Scaly Ground-roller Geobiastes squamiger	VU	resident	1990	present	A1, A2, A3
Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris	LC	resident	1990	present	A2, A3
White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis	LC	resident	1990	present	A3
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	LC	resident	1990	present	A3
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi	LC	resident	1990	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.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	-	good (> 90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Tsitongambarika	Classified Forest	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		79

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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: Tsitongambarika NPA (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tsitongambarika-npa-iba-madagascar on 22/11/2024.