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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1967	Hlane Royal National Park	National Park (II)	35
1977	Mlawula Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve (II)	43

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	100

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hlane and Mlawula Game Reserves (Eswatini). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hlane-and-mlawula-game-reserves-iba-eswatini on 23/12/2024.