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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	resident (-)	present	A1
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula	VU	resident (-)	present	A1
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula	VU	non-breeding (-)	15–100 birds	A1, A4i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter (-)	200–300 birds	A1, A4i
Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
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
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Popa Game Park	National Park (III)	<1
1989	Mahango Game Reserve	Reserve (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	62
Shrubland	38

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river (Namibia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mahango-game-reserve-and-kavango-river-iba-namibia on 23/12/2024.