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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
Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Ground Batis Lanioturdus torquatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys	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
Herero Chat Namibornis herero	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Cinderella Waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, 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
2005	Uukolonkadhi Ruacana	Communal Conservancy	13
2006	Kunene River	Communal Conservancy	45
2012	Epupa	Communal Conservancy	31

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		87
Desert		11
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Epupa - Ruacana (Namibia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/epupa--ruacana-iba-namibia on 22/11/2024.