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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

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	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor	2,500	21	individuals	1	very unfavourable
Mesophoyx intermedia	1,000	1,624	individuals	100	favourable
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	750	60	individuals	8	very unfavourable

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

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Other artificial wetlands	90
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.