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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding (-)	9,770–100,000 birds	A4i
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding (-)	1,594–1,000,000 birds	A1, A4i
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus	VU	resident (-)	15 pairs	A1
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	non-breeding (-)	622–3,000 birds	A4i
Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus	LC	non-breeding (-)	166–550 birds	A4i
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus	LC	winter (-)	119–382 birds	A4i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter (-)	200–300 birds	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 birds	A4iii

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 of popul­ation/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1975	Etosha	National Park (II)	100

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

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 23/12/2024.