SS006
Southern National Park


IBA Justification

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
Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti LC resident (1999) present A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident (1999) present A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer LC resident (1999) present A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta LC resident (1999) present A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes LC resident (1999) present A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus LC resident (1999) present A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes LC resident (1999) present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1939 Southern National Park (II) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 91
Shrubland 8

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -


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