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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
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 individuals	A1, A4i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter	-	200-300 individuals	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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Popa Game Park	National Park	<1
1989	Mahango Game Reserve	Reserve	100
2007	Bwabwata	National Park	100
2013	Bwabwata-Okavango Ramsar Site	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	50

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		62
Shrubland		38

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.