SS007
Bandingilo


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus LC resident (1999) present A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii 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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1986 Badingilo National Park (II) 100

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -


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 23/12/2024.