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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage	-	present	A1
Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare	VU	resident	1999	present	A2
Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Sharpe's Longclaw Macronyx sharpei	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	wood and pulp plantations (includes afforestation) - small-holder plantations	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	drought	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Grassland	Grassland - montane	0	0	-	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Magumo South	Forest Reserve	364	protected area overlaps with site	0
Magumo North	Forest Reserve	240	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kikuyu Escarpment	Forest Reserve	37,619	protected area overlaps with site	0
Aberdare	Forest Reserve	103,316	protected area is adjacent to site	0

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Friends of Kinangop Plateau	1999

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Grassland	Grassland - montane	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kinangop grasslands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/07/2022.