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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
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	winter	1998	present	A1
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tanzanian Masked Weaver Ploceus reichardi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	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 (2005) is shown below.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		52
Shrubland		32
Forest		16

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saise River (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saise-river-iba-zambia on 23/11/2024.