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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
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Thyolo Alethe Chamaetylas choloensis	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Zomba (CGP)	Forest Reserve	-
1924	Liwonde	Forest Reserve	100
1996	Lake Chilwa	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	14

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		60
Shrubland		26
Artificial/Terrestrial		13

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/liwonde-hills-forest-reserve-iba-malawi on 22/11/2024.