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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
Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus	LC	breeding (2000)	unknown	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Residential and commercial development	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Unknown	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1938	Garamba	Parc National (II)	100
1980	Garamba National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	76
Forest	12
Savanna	11

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Garamba National Park (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/garamba-national-park-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 22/12/2024.