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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
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding (-)	4,000 birds	A1
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus	LC	non-breeding (1995)	200 birds	A4i
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey-headed Silverbill Spermestes griseicapilla	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Southern Grosbeak-canary Crithagra buchanani	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Longido	Game Controlled Area (VI)	54

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	90
Artificial/Terrestrial	9

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Longido Game Controlled Area (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/longido-game-controlled-area-iba-tanzania on 22/12/2024.