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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri	NT	resident	1998	present	A1
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Savanna	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Shrubland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Forest	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other 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	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1965	Ajai	Wildlife Reserve	94

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		58
Shrubland		19
Savanna		14
Unknown		4
Artificial/Terrestrial		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ajai Wildlife Reserve (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ajai-wildlife-reserve-iba-uganda on 22/11/2024.