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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris	VU	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	VU	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Minziro	Forest Reserve	31,142	is identical to site	31,142
Minziro	Nature Forest Reserve	25,717	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kikuru	Forest Reserve	7,347	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Shrubland		-
Savanna		-
Forest		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Minziro Forest Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/minziro-forest-reserve-iba-tanzania on 04/10/2023.