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Pemba Island


IBA Justification

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 Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Pemba Green-pigeon Treron pembaensis VU resident 2000 present A1, A2
Pemba Scops-owl Otus pembaensis VU resident 2000 present A1, A2
Pemba White-eye Zosterops vaughani LC resident 2000 present A1, A2
Pemba Sunbird Cinnyris pembae LC resident 2000 present A1, A2

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


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ras Kiuyu Forest Reserve 18,000 protected area overlaps with site 75
Pemba Channel Conservation Area Area de Conservación 93,673 protected area overlaps with site 0
Ngezi-Vumawimbi Nature Reserve 1,932 protected area contained by site 0
Ngezi-Vumawimbi Forest Reserve 109,518 protected area contained by site 1,095
Msitu Mkuu Forest Reserve 200,561 protected area contained by site 100
Misali Island Area de Conservación 2,300 protected area overlaps with site 0
Kiweni Locally Managed Marine Area 300 protected area overlaps with site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pemba Island. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pemba-island-iba-tanzania on 19/03/2024.