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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	resident (-)	present	A1
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex	VU	resident (-)	present	A1
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lufira Masked Weaver Ploceus ruweti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Not assessed	Not assessed	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Vallée de la Lufira	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100
2017	Bassin de la Lufira	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance (II)	59

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	57
Forest	22
Shrubland	19

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lufira valley (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lufira-valley-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 23/12/2024.