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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Shrubland		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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)
Lupande	Game Management Area	484,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Lumimba	Game Management Area	450,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Lukusuzi	National Park	272,000	protected area contains site	272,000

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lukususi National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/7197 on 06/06/2023.