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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
Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus	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	present	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
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata	VU	breeding	2000	present	A1
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, 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
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident	2000	unknown	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
-	Matapwa	Forest Reserve	41
-	Rondo	Forest Plantation	5
-	Ndimba	Forest Reserve	9
-	Ruawa	Forest Reserve	10
-	Mkangala	Forest Reserve	3
-	Chitoa	Forest Reserve	4
-	Litipo	Forest Reserve	2
-	Mtama	Forest Reserve	1
-	Nyangamara	Forest Reserve	2
-	Rondo	Forest Reserve	49
-	Litipo	Forest Reserve	2
-	Lindi	State Forest Reserve	-
1958	Nandimba	Forest Reserve	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		97
Shrubland		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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