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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
Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	VU	non-breeding	1995	5 individuals	A1
Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Barred Wren-warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kalahari Scrub-robin Cercotrichas paena	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
1990	Waterberg Plateau Park	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		78
Shrubland		16
Forest		4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/waterberg-plateau-park-iba-namibia on 26/11/2024.