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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
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Laura's Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laurae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	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.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	poor

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	The conservation measures needed for the site are being compre­hensively and effectively implemented	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Zambezi Source	Natural Monument (III)	15

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	100

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Source of the Zambezi (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/source-of-the-zambezi-iba-zambia on 23/12/2024.