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The site was identified as important in 1999 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
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	winter	-	uncommon	A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage	1999	present	A1
Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri	LC	resident	1999	present	A2
Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare	VU	resident	1999	present	A2
Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2
Sharpe's Longclaw Macronyx sharpei	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1999) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1999. The most recent assessment (2022) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Energy production and mining	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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 planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1932	Londiani	Forest Reserve	3
1941	Eastern Mau	Forest Reserve	6
1957	Ol-pusimoru	Forest Reserve	9
1967	Mau Narok	Forest Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Grassland - montane	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mau Narok - Molo grasslands (Kenya). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mau-narok--molo-grasslands-iba-kenya on 23/11/2024.