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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
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	breeding	-	present	A1
Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	winter	-	present	A1
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-cheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis	VU	resident	1998	5,500 adults	A1, A2, A3, A4ii
Meves's Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis mevesii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.101	Forest Reserve	2
-	Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.95	Forest Reserve	<1
1953	Martin	Forest Reserve	13
1970	Katombola Ext	Forest Reserve	-
1971	Sichifula	Game Management Area	35
1980	Machili	Forest Reserve	10

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		53
Artificial/Terrestrial		34
Forest		11

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Machile (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/machile-iba-zambia on 22/11/2024.