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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 (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

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)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1971	Sichifula	Game Management Area (VI)	35

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

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 23/12/2024.