Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Ornithological information See Box and Table 2 for key species. In addition, there are records of Gallinago media and Glareola nordmanni on passage, and one species characteristic of the Sahel biome (A03) and eight of the Somali–Masai biome (A08) have also been recorded (see Table 2).

Site description This reserve, comprising Juba Nature Reserve and Jebel Kujur Forest Reserve, lies immediately south-west of the town of Juba in southern Sudan. The terrain is hilly, dominated by the rocky outcrops and sheer cliffs of Jebel Kujur. The vegetation is wooded grassland in which common tree species include Balanites aegyptiaca, Combretum molle and Acacia hockii, while common grasses comprise Themeda triandra, Chrysopogon aucheri, Sporobolus, Andropogon and Hyparrhenia spp.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Juba	Game Reserve	20,000	is identical to site	20,000

Habitats

Land use

Other biodiversity Few, if any, large mammals remain.

Management considerations Threats to the site are severe, due to its proximity to Juba town. They include tree-felling for charcoal production, overgrazing, clearance of land for agriculture and quarrying.

References Moilinga (1990), UNDP/FAO (1977).

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Juba. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013

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