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Lindi District Coastal Forests


IBA Justification

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
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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Litipo Forest Reserve (-) 2
- Rondo Forest Reserve (-) 49
- Nyangamara Forest Reserve (-) 2
- Lindi State Forest Reserve (-) -

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 97
Shrubland 2

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
water management -


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 23/12/2024.