SS009
Juba


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
Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti LC resident (1999) present A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex LC resident (1999) present A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator 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
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps LC resident (1999) present A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes 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
Cinnamon Weaver Ploceus badius LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes LC resident (1999) present A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta LC resident (1999) present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1939 Juba Game Reserve (VI) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Shrubland 89
Artificial/Terrestrial 7
Forest 3

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
nature conservation and research -
urban/industrial/transport -
water management -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Juba (South Sudan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/juba-iba-south-sudan on 23/12/2024.