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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident (1999)	1,500 pairs	A1, A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Mzuma/Ngazi	Forest Reserve (-)	40
1900	Nkuwadzi	Forest Reserve (-)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	100

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 27/12/2024.