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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum	EN	resident (-)	present	A1
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri	NT	resident (-)	present	A3
Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor	21 / 2,500 (birds)	1	very poor
Mesophoyx intermedia	1,624 / 1,000 (birds)	100	good
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	60 / 750 (birds)	8	very poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	good (>90%)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate
Wetlands (inland)	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Pollution	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Natural system modifications	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	90	Other artificial wetlands
Wetlands (inland)	10	Rivers & streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
water management	10

The main crop grown on a large scale in Bugiri district is rice and Kibimba Rice Scheme managed by Tilda Uganda Ltd produces the biggest percentage. Kibimba Rice Scheme was the first rice farming scheme in Uganda. The construction started on February 1973 and was completed in March 1976. It was handed over to the Uganda Government in January 1982. The scheme was privatised in 1996 to Tilda Uganda Ltd.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kibimba Rice Scheme (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kibimba-rice-scheme-iba-uganda on 23/12/2024.