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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
Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident (1999)	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-headed Silverbill Spermestes griseicapilla	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1975	Kidepo	Game Reserve (VI)	37

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	50
Artificial/Terrestrial	27
Forest	14
Unknown	4
Grassland	1

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kidepo (South Sudan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kidepo-iba-south-sudan on 22/12/2024.