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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
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Margaret's Batis Batis margaritae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Laura's Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laurae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	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	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Chimfunshi	Private Ranch (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	96
Shrubland	3

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chimfunshi-wildlife-orphanage-iba-zambia on 23/12/2024.