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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Comoro Olive-pigeon Columba pollenii	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Comoro Blue-pigeon Alectroenas sganzini	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Anjouan Scops-owl Otus capnodes	EN	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Madagascar Marsh-harrier Circus macrosceles	EN	resident	-	present	A1
Madagascar Brush-warbler Nesillas typica	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Comoro Thrush Turdus bewsheri	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Anjouan Sunbird Cinnyris comorensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Red-headed Fody Foudia eminentissima	LC	resident	1998	present	A2

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Climate change and severe weather	storms and floods	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
other	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ndzuani highlands. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6454 on 05/06/2023.