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The site was identified as important in 1998 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Briar Warbler Oreophilais robertsi	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Chirinda Apalis Apalis chirindensis	VU	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	breeding	1998	present	A1, A3
Stripe-cheeked Bulbul Arizelocichla milanjensis	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1998) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Vumba	Botanical Reserve	-
1958	Vumba	Botanical Garden	-
1975	Bunga Forest	Botanical Reserve	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bvumba Highlands (Zimbabwe). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bvumba-highlands-iba-zimbabwe on 23/11/2024.