Data Zone
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 |
| 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 |
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.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2005 | good | medium | very low |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| no | habitat | good | |
| 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 |
| Natural system modifications | likely in short term (<4 years) | 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%) | Unknown | Very little or no conservation action taking place | very low |
| Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial/Terrestrial | 52 | |
| Shrubland | 32 | |
| Forest | 16 |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| agriculture | - |
| fisheries/aquaculture | - |
| hunting | - |
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 23/12/2024.