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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
Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding	-	9,770-100,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding	-	1,594-1,000,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus	VU	resident	-	15 breeding pairs	A1
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	non-breeding	-	622-3,000 individuals	A4i
Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus	LC	non-breeding	-	166-550 individuals	A4i
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus	LC	winter	-	119-382 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter	-	200-300 individuals	A1, A4i
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	winter	-	present	A1
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
Barred Wren-warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus	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
Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	500,000-999,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Etosha	National Park	100
1995	Etosha Pan, Lake Oponono & Cuvelai drainage	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	26

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		75
Wetlands (inland)		21
Desert		1
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etosha National Park (Namibia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etosha-national-park-iba-namibia on 22/11/2024.