Chobe National Park (Botswana) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Chobe National Park

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
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata	LC	non-breeding	-	1,000 individuals	A4i
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer	LC	non-breeding	-	5,000 individuals	A4i
African Woollyneck Ciconia microscelis	LC	non-breeding	-	200-1,000 individuals	A4i
Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Barred Wren-warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus	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
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Meves's Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis mevesii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kalahari Scrub-robin Cercotrichas paena	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	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
Artificial/Terrestrial	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Forest	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
1968	Chobe	National Park	100
1968	Kasane	Forest Reserve	<1
1976	Chobe	Forest Reserve	1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		56
Forest		18
Grassland		13
Artificial/Terrestrial		11

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chobe National Park (Botswana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chobe-national-park-iba-botswana on 22/11/2024.