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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
Heuglin's Francolin Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus	LC	breeding	2000	unknown	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident	2000	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
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	war, civil unrest and military exercises	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Unknown	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)
Garamba National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	492,000	protected area overlaps with site	492,000
Garamba	Parc National	493,724	is identical to site	492,000
Gangala-na Bodio	Domaine de Chasse	982,932	protected area is adjacent to site	0

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

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Garamba National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/garamba-national-park-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 24/09/2023.