Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
Species |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
3,750 individuals |
A4i |
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus |
VU |
non-breeding |
- |
145 individuals |
A1, A4i |
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
1,000 individuals |
A4i |
African Spoonbill Platalea alba |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
150 individuals |
A4i |
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
10,000 individuals |
A4i |
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula |
VU |
non-breeding |
- |
present |
A1 |
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
5,000 individuals |
A4i |
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
1,000 individuals |
A4i |
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus |
LC |
winter |
- |
200 individuals |
A4i |
Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
winter |
- |
20,000 individuals |
A4i |
African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
500 individuals |
A4i |
Great Snipe Gallinago media |
NT |
winter |
- |
300 individuals |
A1, A4i |
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
100 individuals |
A1, A4i |
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
1,000 individuals |
A4i |
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
non-breeding |
- |
150 individuals |
A4i |
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus |
LC |
winter |
- |
2,000 individuals |
A4i |
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus |
NT |
winter |
- |
present |
A1 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
winter |
- |
present |
A1 |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment (most recent) |
State (condition) |
Pressure (threat) |
Response (action) |
2005 |
unfavourable |
medium |
low |
Was the whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
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) |
West Zambezi
|
Game Management Area |
3,807,000 |
protected area overlaps with site |
240,000 |
Watembo
|
Forest Reserve |
8,670 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Ngomangulu
|
Forest Reserve |
2,542 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Lutengwe
|
Forest Reserve |
191 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Liuwa Plain
|
National Park |
366,000 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Kangwe FoR*
|
Forest Reserve |
3,513 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Kalamba
|
Forest Reserve |
680 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.73
|
Forest Reserve |
169 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here.
Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
agriculture |
- |
hunting |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Barotse Floodplains. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/barotse-floodplains-iba-zambia on 19/03/2024.