Sandwich Harbour (Namibia) IBA | Details

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Sandwich Harbour

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1998 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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding (-)	2,480–11,900 birds	A4i
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding (-)	common	A1
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis	EN	non-breeding (-)	4,230–25,300 birds	A1, A4i
African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini	LC	non-breeding (-)	20–90 birds	A1, A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	non-breeding (-)	120–940 birds	A4i
White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus	LC	non-breeding (-)	440–2,540 birds	A4i
Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus	LC	non-breeding (-)	170–5,590 birds	A4i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	winter (-)	402–2,260 birds	A4i
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	VU	winter (-)	3,580–43,680 birds	A4i
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	winter (-)	1,630–14,160 birds	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter (-)	3,590–30,480 birds	A4i
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus	LC	non-breeding (-)	280–3,200 birds	A4i
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	LC	non-breeding (-)	50–300 birds	A1, A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	non-breeding (-)	30–168 birds	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	winter (-)	4,610–42,000 birds	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter (-)	200–3,660 birds	A4i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	non-breeding (-)	80–820 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding (-)	50,000-99,999 birds	A4iii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2001	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1986	Namib-Naukluft	National Park (II)	100
2013	Namib Sand Sea	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	93

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	60
Marine Intertidal	31
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	8

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sandwich Harbour (Namibia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sandwich-harbour-iba-namibia on 23/12/2024.