The geographically isolated wetlands in the Kilombero floodplain in Tanzania (see map, p. 358) constitute a Secondary Area, defined by the range of the threatened Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnieri (classified as Vulnerable). This recently described species breeds in extensive riverine swamp fringed with Phragmites mauritianus (Baker and Baker 1990) and is locally common, but recent road-building has destroyed several colony sites. An undescribed cisticola Cisticola collected at the same locality may prove to be a full species (N. E. Baker verbally 1994), in which case the Kilombero floodplain would qualify as an EBA. There are currently no protected areas in this region (IUCN 1992b).

Stattersfield, A. J., Crosby, M. J., Long, A. J. and Wege, D. C. (1998) Endemic Bird Areas of the World. Priorities for biodiversity conservation. BirdLife Conservation Series 7. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.

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BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: Kilombero floodplain. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/355 on 22/12/2024.