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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maputo Special Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/08/2020.