Data Zone
Country/territory: South Africa
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2, A3, A4ii (1998)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 260,000 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2014 | very high | very unfavourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The Soutpansberg, an east-west trending mountain range, stretches some 130 km from 10 km west of Thohoyandou in the east to Vivo in the west. Patches of high-altitude Afromontane forest are found in valleys and moist basins. The Soutpansberg supports a Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres colony, Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus and Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Soutpansberg. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.
