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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
Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cinnamon Weaver Ploceus badius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Badingilo	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		55
Artificial/Terrestrial		37
Forest		4
Grassland		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bandingilo (South Sudan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bandingilo-iba-south-sudan on 22/11/2024.