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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
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident	1999	1,500 breeding pairs	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
-	Mzuma/Ngazi	Forest Reserve	40
1900	Nkuwadzi	Forest Reserve	-
1935	Kawilwe	Forest Reserve	13
1956	Kalwe	Forest Reserve	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake-shore Forest Reserves (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-shore-forest-reserves-iba-malawi on 23/11/2024.