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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kungwe Apalis Apalis argentea	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	no known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Mahale Mts.National Park	National Park	146,502	is identical to site	161,300

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mahali Mountain National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6968 on 02/06/2023.