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Falgore and Lame Burra Game Reserves


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Adamawa Turtle-dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha LC resident (1999) present A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster LC resident (1999) present A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius LC resident (1999) present A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex LC resident (1999) present A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident (1999) present A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus LC resident (1999) present A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta LC resident (1999) present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps LC resident (1999) present A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma LC resident (1999) present A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii LC resident (1999) present A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus LC resident (1999) present A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus LC resident (1999) present A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident (1999) present A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera LC resident (1999) present A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata LC resident (1999) present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident (1999) present A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2019 very poor not assessed low
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 - moderate (70–90%) very poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species) A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive Very little or no conservation action taking place low

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Nguru/Adiani Wetlands Game Reserve (IV) -
1969 Falgore (Kogin Kano) Game Reserve (IV) 31
1972 Lame-Burra Game Reserve (IV) 69

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 76
Shrubland 22

Land use

Land use % of IBA
rangeland/pastureland minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture -
hunting -
nature conservation and research -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Falgore and Lame Burra Game Reserves (Nigeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/falgore-and-lame-burra-game-reserves-iba-nigeria on 23/12/2024.