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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	1999	present	A3
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cinnamon-breasted Tit Melaniparus pallidiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Briar Warbler Oreophilais robertsi	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Chirinda Apalis Apalis chirindensis	VU	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	breeding	1999	present	A1, A3
Stripe-cheeked Bulbul Arizelocichla milanjensis	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1957	Maronga	Forest Reserve	5
1957	Moribane	Forest Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		92
Grassland		5
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
other	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique) (Mozambique). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chimanimani-mountains-(mozambique)-iba-mozambique on 23/11/2024.