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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	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	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
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Laura's Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laurae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	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
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in 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)
Muhonge	Forest Reserve	1,335	protected area contained by site	0
Majamu	Forest Reserve	1,012	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jimbe Drainage. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jimbe-drainage-iba-zambia on 04/12/2023.