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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	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 Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	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
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	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
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.49	Forest Reserve	91
1954	North Swaka	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Swaka (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-swaka-iba-zambia on 22/11/2024.