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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
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

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 popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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

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

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 23/12/2024.