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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	South Gendagenda	Forest Reserve	16
-	Mtunguru	Forest Reserve	64
-	Gendagenda North	Forest Reserve	11
-	Garafuno	Forest Reserve	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		98
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Handeni District Coastal Forests (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/handeni-district-coastal-forests-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.