Batoka Gorge (Zimbabwe) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Batoka Gorge

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha	VU	resident	-	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1998) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	medium	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1952	Victoria Falls	National Park	8
1979	Zambezi	National Park	27
1989	Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	19
2002	Nemananga	Wildlife Management Area	14
2002	Kachecheti	Wildlife Management Area	9
2002	Jambezi	Wildlife Management Area	7
2002	Chidobe	Wildlife Management Area	4
2013	Victoria Falls National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		70
Shrubland		21
Forest		5
Grassland		2
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inselbergs, kopjes & inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

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 22/11/2024.