Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus | NT | resident | 1999 | present | A1, A3 |
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres | EN | unknown | - | unknown | A1 |
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | LC | resident | 1999 | present | A3 |
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum | LC | resident | 1999 | present | A3 |
Gorgeous Bush-shrike Telophorus viridis | LC | resident | 1999 | present | A3 |
Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi | LC | resident | 1999 | present | A2, A3 |
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca | LC | resident | 1999 | present | A3 |
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata | EN | resident | 1999 | present | A1 |
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii | LC | resident | 1999 | present | A3 |
Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi | NT | resident | 1999 | present | A1, A2, A3 |
Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus | LC | resident | 1999 | present | A2, 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.
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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Maputo | Special Reserve | 70,000 | protected area contains site | 90,000 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|---|
Artificial/Terrestrial | - | |
Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Shrubland | - | |
Grassland | - | |
Forest | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|
agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maputo Special Reserve. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 16/01/2021.