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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
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis	LC	breeding (-)	300 pairs	A4i
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	LC	non-breeding (-)	150 birds	A4i
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	winter (-)	present	A1
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris	LC	non-breeding (-)	100 birds	A1, A4i
Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides	LC	breeding (-)	10,000 pairs	A4ii
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Nyasa Lovebird Agapornis lilianae	NT	resident (1998)	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Meves's Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis mevesii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Indigobird Vidua codringtoni	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 (2010) is shown below.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive	The conservation measures needed for the site are being compre­hensively and effectively implemented	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1971	South Luangwa	National Park (II)	97

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	47
Forest	31
Artificial/Terrestrial	20

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Luangwa National Park (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-luangwa-national-park-iba-zambia on 23/12/2024.