KE034
Shaba National Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1999 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
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus LC resident (1999) present A3
Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni LC resident (1999) present A3
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii LC resident (1999) present A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris LC resident (1999) present A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni LC resident (1999) present A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor LC resident (1999) present A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala LC resident (1999) present A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris LC resident (1999) present A3
Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii LC resident (1999) present A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi LC resident (1999) present A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus LC resident (1999) present A3
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi LC resident (1999) present A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis LC resident (1999) present A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi LC resident (1999) present A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra LC resident (1999) present A3
Williams's Lark Mirafra williamsi LC resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Masked Lark Spizocorys personata LC resident (1999) present A3
Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex LC resident (1999) present A3
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus LC resident (1999) present A3
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana LC resident (1999) present A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica LC resident (1999) present A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi LC resident (1999) present A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis LC resident (1999) present A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa LC resident (1999) present A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii LC resident (1999) present A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor LC resident (1999) present A3
Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti LC resident (1999) present A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius LC resident (1999) present A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri LC resident (1999) present A3
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus LC resident (1999) present A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus LC resident (1999) present A3
Brown-tailed Chat Oenanthe scotocerca LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis LC resident (1999) present A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides LC resident (1999) present A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli LC resident (1999) present A3
Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser donaldsoni LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi LC resident (1999) present A3
Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus LC resident (1999) present A3
Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri LC resident (1999) present A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey-headed Silverbill Spermestes griseicapilla LC resident (1999) present A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina LC resident (1999) present A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri LC resident (1999) present A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata LC resident (1999) present A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1999. The most recent assessment (2023) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2023 poor very high low
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 moderate (70–90%) moderate (70–90%) poor
Savanna moderate (70–90%) moderate (70–90%) poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Climate change and severe weather happe­ning now whole of popul­ation/area (>90%) rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations) very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now whole of popul­ation/area (>90%) moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations) very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Some of area covered (10–49%) A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive Very little or no conservation action taking place low

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1974 Shaba National Reserve (II) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland 100
Forest - Woodland - monodominant; Woodland - riparian
Savanna - Bushland & thicket - evergreen

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shaba National Reserve (Kenya). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shaba-national-reserve-iba-kenya on 22/12/2024.