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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
Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	EN	resident	-	70-90 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	EN	non-breeding	-	180-240 individuals	A4ii
Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Drakensberg Siskin Crithagra symonsi	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Maloti-Drakensberg Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	249,313	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
other	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Upper Senqu River. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2020.