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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
Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri	EN	resident	1998	40 individuals	A1, A2, A3, A4i
Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae	EN	breeding	1998	present	A1
Madagascar Heron Ardea humbloti	EN	resident	1998	50 individuals	A1, A2, A3, A4i
Black-banded Plover Charadrius thoracicus	VU	resident	1998	46-47 individuals	A1, A2, A3, A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	non-breeding	1998	642 individuals	A4i
Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis	NT	non-breeding	1998	250 individuals	A4i
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	non-breeding	1998	3,300 individuals	A4i
Madagascar Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides	CR	resident	1998	2-3 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A3
Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata	LC	resident	1998	present	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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Zones humides de Bedo	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
2017	Mangroves de Tsiribihina	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	16

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wetlands of the Tsiribihina delta and upper Tsiribihina river (Madagascar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wetlands-of-the-tsiribihina-delta-and-upper-tsiribihina-river-iba-madagascar on 23/11/2024.