Data Zone
Country/territory: South Africa
IBA criteria met: A1, A2, A3 (1998)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 67,970 hectares (679.70 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2014 | very poor | high | very low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
Situated due east of Pofadder, this IBA consists of four farms consisting of mountains, plains and grasslands. The IBA holds both the globally threatened Red Lark Calendulauda burra, which inhabits the red sand dunes, and the near-threatened Sclater's Lark Spizocorys sclateri, which occurs erratically on the barren stony plains.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mattheus-Gat Conservation Area (South Africa). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mattheus-gat-conservation-area-iba-south-africa on 23/12/2024.