Rusizi National Park (Burundi) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Rusizi National Park

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris	LC	non-breeding	1999	500 individuals	A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	winter	1999	4,000 individuals	A4i

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2024) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2024	very unfavourable	high	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1980	Réserve naturelle du Rusizi	National Park	100
2002	Parc National de la Rusizi	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Dukingiribidukikije	2005
Ingege (Fishermen)	2003
Ingoga (Beekeepers)	2003

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		50
Artificial/Terrestrial		23
Shrubland		18
Grassland		7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rusizi National Park (Burundi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rusizi-national-park-iba-burundi on 23/11/2024.