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Lake Ngami This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota	LC	breeding (1979)	7,000 birds	A4i
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha	LC	breeding (1978–1979)	27,000–500,000 birds	A4i
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	LC	breeding (-)	500 pairs	A4i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	resident (-)	2,000 pairs	A4i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	non-breeding (-)	4,000–5,000 birds	A4i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	resident (-)	5,000 pairs	A4i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	non-breeding (-)	10,000 birds	A4i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter (1989)	10,000 birds	A1, A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	resident (-)	300 pairs	A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	non-breeding (1989)	1,000 birds	A4i
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	winter (-)	600 birds	A1, A4ii
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	winter (-)	1,000 birds	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 birds	A4iii

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2020	very poor	not assessed	very low
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
Shrubland	very poor (<40%)	very poor (<40%)	very poor
Grassland	very poor (<40%)	very poor (<40%)	very poor
Artificial/Terrestrial	very poor (<40%)	very poor (<40%)	very poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Local Conservation Groups

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 visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

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

Land use

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

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 23/12/2024.