Central Kalahari (Kgalagadi) and Khutse Game Reserves (Botswana)

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Central Kalahari (Kgalagadi) and Khutse Game Reserves

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
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Barred Wren-warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kalahari Scrub-robin Cercotrichas paena	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

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 (2020) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2020	favourable	not assessed	high
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

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	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1961	Central Kalahari	Game Reserve	94
1971	Khutse	Game Reserve	5

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		84
Shrubland		15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Kalahari (Kgalagadi) and Khutse Game Reserves (Botswana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-kalahari-(kgalagadi)-and-khutse-game-reserves-iba-botswana on 23/11/2024.