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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
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Uluguru Bush-shrike Malaconotus alius	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	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
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Uluguru Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla neumanni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	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
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
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	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
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident	2000	present	A1
Banded Sunbird Anthreptes rubritorques	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Loveridge's Sunbird Cinnyris loveridgei	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Biological resource use	gathering terrestrial plants - unintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Uluguru South	Forest Reserve	17,588	protected area contained by site	17,588
Uluguru North	Forest Reserve	8,422	protected area contained by site	8,422
Shinkurufumi	Forest Reserve	304	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ruvu	Forest Reserve	3,868	protected area overlaps with site	3,868
Ngambaula	Forest Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Mkungwe	Forest Reserve	5,569	protected area overlaps with site	5,569
Milawilila	Forest Reserve	19	protected area contained by site	19
Mangala	Forest Reserve	45	protected area overlaps with site	45
Kimboza	Forest Reserve	385	protected area overlaps with site	385

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uluguru Mountains. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/7031 on 04/06/2023.