Data Zone
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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:Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2005) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2005 | good | medium | very low |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| no | habitat | good | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat | Quantity (% remaining) | Quality (% carrying capacity) | Result |
| Forest | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Natural system modifications | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | medium |
| Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Designation | Planning | Action | Result |
| Little/none of area covered (<10%) | Unknown | Unknown | very low |
| Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | major (>10) | Montane forest - mixed |
| Grassland | minor (<10) | Grassland - montane |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | minor (<10) | Scree, boulders & bare rock |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| water management | major (>10) |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mafinga Mountains (Zambia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mafinga-mountains-iba-zambia on 22/12/2024.