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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
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula	VU	non-breeding	-	100-500 individuals	A1, A4i
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula	VU	resident	-	30-200 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter	-	500-1,000 individuals	A1, 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
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	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
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1966	Caprivi	Forest Reserve	1
1990	Mudumu	National Park	1
1990	Nkasa Rupara	National Park	7
1998	Salambala	Communal Conservancy	15
1999	Wuparo	Communal Conservancy	5
2003	Mashi	Communal Conservancy	7
2005	Kasika	Communal Conservancy	3
2005	Impalila	Communal Conservancy	<1
2006	Balyerwa	Communal Conservancy	5
2006	Sobbe	Communal Conservancy	5
2006	Masida	Community Forest	5
2006	Lubuta	Community Forest	4
2007	Bwabwata	National Park	2
2009	Dzoti	Communal Conservancy	7
2011	Bamunu	Communal Conservancy	5
2011	Kabulabula	Communal Conservancy	2
2011	Lianshulu	Concession	<1
2013	Sachona	Community Forest	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		48
Grassland		40
Forest		10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Caprivi wetlands (Namibia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-caprivi-wetlands-iba-namibia on 22/11/2024.