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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1998 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
Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha	VU	resident (-)	present	A1

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of area covered (10–49%)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1952	Victoria Falls	National Park (III)	8
1979	Zambezi	National Park (II)	27

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	70
Shrubland	21
Forest	5
Grassland	2
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inselbergs, kopjes & inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Batoka Gorge (Zimbabwe). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/batoka-gorge-iba-zimbabwe on 22/12/2024.