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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1998

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Blue Bustard Eupodotis caerulescens	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus	VU	resident	-	20-40 breeding pairs	A1, A3, A4i
Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus	VU	non-breeding	-	100-200 individuals	A4i
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	VU	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Black Harrier Circus maurus	EN	resident	-	present	A1
Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	winter	-	500-1,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Drakensberg Siskin Crithagra symonsi	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, 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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	tourism and recreation areas	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	Grassland - highveld	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	Grassland - montane	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Shrubland	Shrubland - bushy Karroo	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation 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

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Golden Gate Highlands National Park	National Park	34,799	protected area contains site	36,229

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Grassland - highveld, Grassland - montane	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	-
Forest		-
Shrubland	Shrubland - bushy Karroo	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.