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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Heuglin's Francolin Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eremomela pusilla	NR	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lagonosticta larvata	NR	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ashana	Game Reserve	90,000	is identical to site	90,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ashana. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/08/2019.