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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
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	VU	breeding	1999	unknown	A3
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rusty-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis macclounii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, 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)
Nyika National Park	National Park	309,232	is identical to site	313,400

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)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nyika National Park (Malawi). Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nyika-national-park-(malawi)-iba-malawi on 04/12/2023.