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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1998

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	winter	-	present	A1
Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	non-breeding	-	64-179 individuals	A4i
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Gorgeous Bush-shrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3

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
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Mkuzi Game Reserve	Nature Reserve	33,330	protected area contains site	36,474

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Unknown		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mkuzi Game Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/05/2022.