Kidepo National park (7070)
Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Aves	Gyps rueppelli	Rüppell's Vulture	CR	2024	A1c

Aves	Torgos tracheliotos	Lappet-faced Vulture	EN	2024	A1c

Aves	Apalis karamojae	Karamoja Apalis	VU	2024	A1b

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List Category	Year
Aves	Rhinopomastus minor	Abyssinian Scimitarbill	LC	2001

Aves	Melaenornis fischeri	White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Anthoscopus musculus	Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit	LC	2001

Aves	Bradypterus cinnamomeus	Cinnamon Bracken-warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Vidua fischeri	Straw-tailed Whydah	LC	2001

Aves	Pogonornis rolleti	Black-breasted Barbet	LC	2001

Aves	Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	Red-and-yellow Barbet	LC	2001

Aves	Trachyphonus darnaudii_old	D'Arnaud's Barbet		2001

Aves	Tockus flavirostris	Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Tockus jacksoni	Jackson's Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Merops bulocki	Red-throated Bee-eater	LC	2001

Aves	Merops oreobates	Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater	LC	2001

Aves	Tauraco hartlaubi	Hartlaub's Turaco	LC	2001

Aves	Tauraco leucolophus	White-crested Turaco	LC	2001

Aves	Criniferoides leucogaster	White-bellied Go-away-bird	LC	2001

Aves	Monticola rufocinereus	Little Rock-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Bradornis microrhynchus	African Grey Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Cisticola ruficeps	Red-pate Cisticola	LC	2001

Aves	Cisticola troglodytes	Foxy Cisticola	LC	2001

Aves	Calamonastes simplex	Grey Wren-warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Iduna similis	Mountain Yellow Warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Tmetothylacus tenellus	Golden Pipit	LC	2001

Aves	Dinemellia dinemelli	White-headed Buffalo-weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Plocepasser superciliosus	Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus baglafecht	Baglafecht Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Cryptospiza salvadorii	Abyssinian Crimsonwing	LC	2001

Aves	Lagonosticta rara	Black-bellied Firefinch	LC	2001

Aves	Lagonosticta larvata_old2	Black-throated Firefinch		2001

Aves	Granatina ianthinogaster	Purple Grenadier	LC	2001

Aves	Coccopygia melanotis_old	Swee Waxbill		2001

Aves	Estrilda troglodytes	Black-rumped Waxbill	LC	2001

Aves	Vidua hypocherina	Steel-blue Whydah	LC	2001

Aves	Crithagra dorsostriata	White-bellied Canary	LC	2001

Aves	Emberiza affinis	Brown-rumped Bunting	LC	2001

Aves	Schoutedenapus myoptilus_old	Scarce Swift		2001

Aves	Apus niansae	Nyanza Swift	LC	2001

Aves	Pternistis icterorhynchus	Heuglin's Francolin	LC	2001

Aves	Pternistis leucoscepus	Yellow-necked Francolin	LC	2001

Aves	Caprimulgus poliocephalus_old	Montane Nightjar		2001

Aves	Streptopelia lugens	Dusky Turtle-dove	LC	2001

Aves	Glareola nordmanni	Black-winged Pratincole	NT	2001

Aves	Melierax poliopterus	Eastern Chanting-goshawk	LC	2001

Aves	Buteo oreophilus_old	Mountain Buzzard		2001

Aves	Falco alopex	Fox Kestrel	LC	2001

Aves	Lanius gubernator	Emin's Shrike	LC	2001

Aves	Lanius dorsalis	Taita Fiscal	LC	2001

Aves	Lanius corvinus	Yellow-billed Shrike	LC	2001

Aves	Ptilostomus afer	Piapiac	LC	2001

Aves	Ceblepyris caesius	Grey Cuckooshrike	LC	2001

Aves	Lamprotornis chalcurus	Bronze-tailed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Pholia sharpii	Sharpe's Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Speculipastor bicolor	Magpie Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Phylloscopus umbrovirens	Brown Woodland-warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvia abyssinica_old	African Hill Babbler		2001

Aves	Argya rubiginosa	Rufous Chatterer	LC	2001

Aves	Curruca lugens	Brown Warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Mirafra hypermetra	Red-winged Lark	LC	2001

Aves	Anthreptes orientalis	Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cinnyris reichenowi	Northern Double-collared Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Nectarinia tacazze	Tacazze Sunbird	LC	2001

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Kidepo National park. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 18, 2025.

Kidepo National park (7070)Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

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Kidepo National park (7070)
Uganda, Africa