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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
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris	LC	resident	2000	present	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
-	Kilwa O.A.	Open area	57
-	Mtarure	Forest Reserve	28
-	Malehi	Forest Reserve	20
-	Ngarama North	Forest Reserve	18
-	Kitope Hill	Forest Reserve	2
-	Tongomba New	Forest Reserve	2
-	Mbinga Kimaji / Kimate	Forest Reserve	1
-	Ngarma North	Forest Reserve	19
-	Pindiro	Forest Reserve	2
-	Kilwa	State Forest Reserve	1
1956	Rungo	Forest Reserve	11
1957	Mitundumbea	Forest Reserve	4
1957	Kitope	Forest Reserve	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		52
Shrubland		46

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kilwa District Coastal Forests (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kilwa-district-coastal-forests-iba-tanzania on 22/11/2024.