Sohagibarwa Wildlife Sanctuary (India)

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Sohagibarwa Wildlife Sanctuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis	NT	resident	2004	present	A1
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	resident	2004	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	favourable	medium	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	medium

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	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
Human intrusions and disturbance	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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Sohagibarwa	Sanctuary	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sohagibarwa Wildlife Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sohagibarwa-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-india on 22/11/2024.