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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
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	winter	-	present	A1
Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chirinda Apalis Apalis chirindensis	VU	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	breeding	1999	present	A3
Stripe-cheeked Bulbul Arizelocichla milanjensis	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis	LC	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
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1960	Gorongosa	National Park	97

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		69
Shrubland		15
Grassland		13
Wetlands (inland)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gorongosa Mountain and National Park (Mozambique). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gorongosa-mountain-and-national-park-iba-mozambique on 23/11/2024.