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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Schoutedenapus myoptilus	NR	resident	1999	present	A3
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive Bush-shrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Telophorus quadricolor	NR	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Melaniparus rufiventris	NR	resident	1999	present	A3
Briar Warbler Oreophilais robertsi	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Chirinda Apalis Apalis chirindensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Calamonastes undosa	NR	resident	1999	present	A3
Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	VU	breeding	1999	present	A1, A3
Andropadus milanjensis	NR	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cinnyris manoensis	NR	resident	1999	present	A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Moribane	Forest Reserve	5,300	protected area overlaps with site	0
Maronga	Forest Reserve	8,300	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
other	-
not utilised	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/01/2020.