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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
Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota	LC	breeding	1979	7,000 individuals	A4i
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha	LC	breeding	1978-1979	27,000-500,000 individuals	A4i
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	LC	breeding	-	500 breeding pairs	A4i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	resident	-	2,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	non-breeding	-	4,000-5,000 individuals	A4i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	resident	-	5,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	non-breeding	-	10,000 individuals	A4i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter	1989	10,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	resident	-	300 breeding pairs	A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	non-breeding	1989	1,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	winter	-	600 individuals	A1, A4ii
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	winter	-	1,000 individuals	A4ii
Barred Wren-warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kalahari Scrub-robin Cercotrichas paena	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1978-1989	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	very poor (< 40%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable
Grassland	very poor (< 40%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable
Artificial/Terrestrial	very poor (< 40%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1996	Okavango Delta System	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Bosele Trust	2006

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		79
Grassland		17
Artificial/Terrestrial		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Ngami (Botswana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-ngami-iba-botswana on 23/11/2024.