TZ046
Bagamoyo District Coastal Forests


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus NT resident (1985) present A1, A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex LC resident (1985) present A3
Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus LC resident (1985) unknown A3
Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica LC resident (1985) unknown A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus LC resident (1985) present A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons LC resident (1985) present A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis LC resident (1985) present A3
Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri LC resident (1985) present A3
Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri LC resident (1985) present A3
Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis LC resident (1985) present A3
Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus LC resident (1985) present A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca LC resident (1985) present A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi NT resident (1985) present A1, A3
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus LC resident (1985) present A3
Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis EN resident (1985) present A1, A2, A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 92
Artificial/Terrestrial 3
Shrubland 3

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bagamoyo District Coastal Forests (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bagamoyo-district-coastal-forests-iba-tanzania on 23/12/2024.