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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	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
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	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
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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

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.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1950	Zulia	Forest Reserve	25
1950	Nyangea - Napore	Forest Reserve	1
1962	Kidepo Valley	National Park	95
1963	Lopeichubei	Forest Reserve	11
1963	Lomej	Forest Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		51
Artificial/Terrestrial		42
Forest		4
Grassland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.