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The site was identified as important in 1998 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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding	-	740-3,950 individuals	A4i
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding	-	2,000 individuals	A1
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula	VU	non-breeding	-	15-200 individuals	A1, A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	-	391-1,140 individuals	A4i
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus	LC	winter	-	50-200 individuals	A4i
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	winter	-	present	A1
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	winter	-	common	A1
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	winter	-	present	A1
Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1998) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1998	Nyae Nyae	Communal Conservancy	95
2003	Na Jaqna	Communal Conservancy	3
2013	Nyae Nyae	Community Forest	94

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		87
Shrubland		12

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tsumkwe pan system (Namibia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tsumkwe-pan-system-iba-namibia on 22/11/2024.