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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
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina	VU	non-breeding	1993	5,000 individuals	A4i
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis	LC	non-breeding	1993	3,000 individuals	A4i
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii	LC	non-breeding	1993	5,000 individuals	A4i
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus	LC	non-breeding	1993	3,000 individuals	A4i
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1993	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Kundi (Sudan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-kundi-iba-sudan on 22/11/2024.