Tswapong Hills (Botswana) IBA | Details

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Tswapong Hills

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	VU	resident (-)	300 pairs	A1, A4ii
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	VU	non-breeding (-)	600 birds	A1, A4ii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2020	very poor	not assessed	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	poor (40–69%)	poor (40–69%)	very poor
Forest	poor (40–69%)	poor (40–69%)	very poor
Artificial/Terrestrial	poor (40–69%)	poor (40–69%)	very poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of area covered (10–49%)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	37
Artificial/Terrestrial	34
Shrubland	27

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tswapong Hills (Botswana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tswapong-hills-iba-botswana on 22/12/2024.