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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	non-breeding	-	10-20 individuals	A4i
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	VU	resident	-	100-250 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	VU	non-breeding	-	250-600 individuals	A1, A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1998) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus	10	2	adults	20	very unfavourable
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	4	1	breeding pairs	25	very unfavourable
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	400	332	breeding pairs	83	near favourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1949	Wonderboom Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	<1
1957	Saronde Private Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	<1
1959	M'Nandi Private Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	<1
1960	Diepsloot Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	<1
1960	Flintbeck Private Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	<1
1961	Elangeni Private Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	<1
1967	Kgaswane Mountain Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	1
1968	Arabos Private Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	<1
1969	Hartbeespoort Dam Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	1
1994	Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment	Protected Environment	9
2015	Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	97

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
BirdLife South Africa	0
Buffelspoort conservancy	0
Hekpoort conservancy	0
Magalisberg Biosphere Conservancy	0
Magalisberg protection association	2007
Rhino and Lion reserve	0
Vulture valley conservancy	0
WESSA	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas, Arable land	major (>10)
Grassland	Grassland - montane	major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree, boulders & bare rock	major (>10)
Savanna	Wooded grassland	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	20
nature conservation and research	6
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Magaliesberg (South Africa). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/magaliesberg-iba-south-africa on 23/11/2024.