Data Zone
Country/territory: South Africa
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii (1998)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 242,813 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2014 | high | near favourable | high |
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Site summary
This crescent-shaped Park, which forms part of southern Africa's eastern escarpment, extends for c. 200 km along most of KwaZulu-Natal's southwestern border with Lesotho. This Park is one of the world's primary breeding strongholds of the Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres. Other widespread cliff-nesting species include Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus, Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus and Black Stork Ciconia nigra.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maloti Drakensberg Park. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/02/2023.
