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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
Udzungwa Forest-partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Gorgeous Bush-shrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	VU	breeding	2000	present	A1, A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rusty-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis macclounii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Iringa Akalat Sheppardia lowei	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dapple-throat Arcanator orostruthus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Banded Sunbird Anthreptes rubritorques	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Amani Sunbird Hedydipna pallidigaster	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Moreau's Sunbird Cinnyris moreaui	NT	resident	2000	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-winged Sunbird Cinnyris rufipennis	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Indigobird Vidua codringtoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kipengere Seedeater Crithagra melanochroa	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	2000	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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
West Kilombero Scarp	Forest Reserve	192,302	protected area overlaps with site	55,000
Ulambangi	Forest Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Udzungwa Scarp	Forest Reserve	20,720	protected area contained by site	20,720
Udzungwa Mountains National Park	National Park	208,869	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sao Hill extension	Forest Plantation	1,528	protected area contained by site	0
Sao Hill	Forest Reserve	51,077	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nyaganje	Forest Reserve	19,086	protected area overlaps with site	19,086
Ngwasi	Forest Reserve	2,054	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mufindi Tea Estate Land	Forest Reserve	35,856	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mufindi Scarp	Forest Reserve	39,424	protected area contained by site	39,424
Mninga	Forest Reserve	194	protected area contained by site	0
Mkewe	Forest Reserve	630	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mgololo	Forest Reserve	21,835	protected area overlaps with site	0
Matundu	Forest Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Kisinga Lugaro	Forest Reserve	17,861	protected area overlaps with site	17,861
Kiranzi Kitunguu	Forest Reserve	1,159	protected area overlaps with site	1,159
Kilombero Valley Floodplain	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	796,735	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Kihanga	Forest Reserve	57	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kigogo	Forest Reserve	2,637	protected area contained by site	2,637
Kibao	Forest Reserve	117	protected area contained by site	0
Iyondo	Forest Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Irunda	Forest Reserve	393	protected area contained by site	0
Image	Forest Reserve	9,069	protected area overlaps with site	9,069
Ihanga	Forest Reserve	3,596	protected area contained by site	36
Idewa	Forest Reserve	299	protected area contained by site	3
Gulosilo	Forest Reserve	3,670	protected area contained by site	0
Dabaga New	Forest Reserve	3,766	protected area overlaps with site	3,766

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Udzungwa Mountains. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/12/2022.