Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1999).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2022
very unfavourable
high
medium
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
no
habitat
good
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
North Nandi
Forest Reserve
11,345
protected area overlaps with site
0
Nandi North
Nature Reserve
3,434
protected area contained by site
3,434
Kakamega
Forest Reserve
17,838
protected area overlaps with site
0
Local Conservation Groups
The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.
Name
Year formed
North Nandi Environmental Forum - PYRAMID
1999
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click
here .
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial
Forestry & agro-industrial plantations
-
Forest
Mid-altitude forest - transitional
-
Grassland
Grassland - montane
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
forestry
-
tourism/recreation
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Nandi forest. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-nandi-forest-iba-kenya on 08/12/2023.