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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	winter	1998	1,805 individuals	A4i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	non-breeding	1998	1,633 individuals	A4i
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	non-breeding	1989	3,050 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		84
Wetlands (inland)		7
Unknown		5
Artificial/Terrestrial		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zanzibar Island-East Coast (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zanzibar-island-east-coast-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.