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Kidepo Valley National Park


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 (1998) present A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus LC resident (1998) present A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens LC resident (1998) present A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus LC resident (1998) present A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus LC resident (1998) present A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae LC resident (1998) present A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster LC resident (1998) present A3
Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi LC resident (1998) present A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni NT winter (-) present A1
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus LC resident (1998) present A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus NT resident (1998) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris LC resident (1998) present A3
Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni LC resident (1998) present A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident (1998) present A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti LC resident (1998) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident (1998) present A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius LC resident (1998) present A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident (1998) present A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis LC resident (1998) present A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer LC resident (1998) present A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra LC resident (1998) present A3
Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae VU resident (1998) present A1, A2, A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps LC resident (1998) present A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes LC resident (1998) present A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis LC resident (1998) present A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens LC resident (1998) present A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens LC resident (1998) present A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa LC resident (1998) present A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor LC resident (1998) present A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii LC resident (1998) present A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus LC resident (1998) present A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus LC resident (1998) present A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri LC resident (1998) present A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus LC resident (1998) present A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis LC resident (1998) present A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze LC resident (1998) present A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi LC resident (1998) present A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli LC resident (1998) present A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus LC resident (1998) present A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis LC resident (1998) present A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes LC resident (1998) present A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia LC resident (1998) present A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina LC resident (1998) present A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri LC resident (1998) present A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus LC resident (1998) present A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis LC resident (1998) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2012 moderate medium medium
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes habitat good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Grassland good (>90%) moderate (70–90%) moderate
Forest good (>90%) good (>90%) good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Natural system modifications happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium
Biological resource use happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) 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
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity medium

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1962 Kidepo Valley National Park (II) 95

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Shrubland 51
Artificial/Terrestrial 42
Forest 4
Grassland 1

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kidepo-valley-national-park-iba-uganda on 22/12/2024.