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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	winter (-)	present	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	winter (-)	present	A1
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Zambian Barbet Lybius chaplini	VU	resident (1998)	present	A1, A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Indigobird Vidua codringtoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2005) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Nkanga river	Conservation Area (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	50
Forest	43
Artificial/Terrestrial	6

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nkanga River Conservation Area (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nkanga-river-conservation-area-iba-zambia on 23/12/2024.