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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
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Laura's Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laurae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Zosterops poliogastrus	NR	resident (2000)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1957	Kalambo River	Forest Reserve (-)	43

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: Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/loazi-kalambo-forest-reserves-and-surrounding-area-iba-tanzania on 22/12/2024.