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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
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Kiang West	National Park (VI)	96

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	56
Shrubland	37
Artificial/Terrestrial	6

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kiang West National Park (Gambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kiang-west-national-park-iba-gambia on 23/12/2024.