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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

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 area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Unknown	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1938	Garamba	Parc National	100
1980	Garamba National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		76
Forest		12
Savanna		11

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.