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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	winter	-	present	A1
Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	non-breeding	-	64-179 individuals	A4i
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3

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 (2006) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1912	Mkuzi Game Reserve	Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Savanna		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral pools and wetlands, Rivers & streams, Riverine floodplains, Permanent herbaceous swamps and bogs, Freshwater lakes and pools	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
water management	80
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mkuzi Game Reserve (South Africa). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mkuzi-game-reserve-iba-south-africa on 23/11/2024.