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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
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Gorgeous Bush-shrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata	VU	breeding	2000	present	A1
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	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)
Ruawa	Forest Reserve	3,032	protected area overlaps with site	3,032
Rondo	Forest Reserve	14,781	protected area contained by site	14,781
Rondo	Forest Plantation	3,028	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nyangamara	Forest Reserve	600	protected area contained by site	600
Ndimba	Forest Reserve	2,986	protected area overlaps with site	2,669
Nandimba	Forest Reserve	1,255	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mtama	Forest Reserve	634	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mkangala	Forest Reserve	1,486	protected area overlaps with site	0
Matapwa	Forest Reserve	33,954	protected area overlaps with site	0
Litipo	Forest Reserve	1,044	protected area overlaps with site	0
Litipo	Forest Reserve	735	protected area contained by site	735
Lindi	State Forest Reserve	48,334	protected area overlaps with site	0
Chitoa	Forest Reserve	2,066	protected area overlaps with site	1,281

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Forest		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lindi District Coastal Forests. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lindi-district-coastal-forests-iba-tanzania on 03/10/2023.