ZA002
Soutpansberg


Country/territory: South Africa

IBA criteria met: A1, A2, A3, A4ii (1998)
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Area: 389,320 hectares (3,893.20 km2)

BirdLife South Africa
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2014 very poor very high very low
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Site summary
The Soutpansberg, an east-west trending mountain range, stretches some 130 km from 10 km west of Thohoyandou in the east to Vivo in the west. Patches of high-altitude Afromontane forest are found in valleys and moist basins. The Soutpansberg supports a Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres colony, Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus and Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Soutpansberg (South Africa). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/soutpansberg-iba-south-africa on 23/12/2024.