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The site was identified as important in 1998 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
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1998) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Kosi Bay	Designation Not Known	100
1991	Kosi Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1999	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Lowland forest - mixed swamp, Mangrove	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Riverine floodplains, Rivers & streams, Permanent herbaceous swamps and bogs, Freshwater lakes and pools	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
water management	80
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kosi Bay system (South Africa). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kosi-bay-system-iba-south-africa on 23/11/2024.