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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
Caprimulgus poliocephalus	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bubo vosseleri	NR	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Buteo oreophilus	NR	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
Telophorus quadricolor	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Lanius marwitzi	NR	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
Calamonastes undosa	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae	VU	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
Andropadus milanjensis	NR	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
Brown Warbler Sylvia lugens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Sylvia abyssinica	NR	resident	2000	present	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
Dessonornis anomala	NR	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	VU	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
Cinnyris manoensis	NR	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	EN	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
Coccopygia melanotis	NR	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
Serinus whytii	NR	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

Protection status:

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
Nyanganje	Forest Reserve	19,086	protected area contained by site	19,086
New Dabaga-Ulongambi	Forest Reserve	3,766	protected area contained by site	3,766
Mufindi Scarp	Forest Reserve	39,424	protected area contained by site	39,424
Matundu	Forest Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Lulanda	Forest Reserve	1,159	protected area contained by site	1,159
Kisinga Lugaro	Forest Reserve	17,861	protected area contained by site	17,861
Kigogo	Forest Reserve	2,637	protected area contained by site	2,637
Iyondo	Forest Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Image	Forest Reserve	9,069	protected area contained by site	9,069
Ihanga	Forest Reserve	3,596	protected area contained by site	36
Idewa	Forest Reserve	298	protected area contained by site	3

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 (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Udzungwa Mountains. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 11/11/2019.