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Mabira Forest Reserve


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
Nahan's Partridge Ptilopachus nahani VU resident (1998) present A1, A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident (1998) present A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident (1998) present A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis LC resident (1998) present A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini LC resident (1998) present A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini LC resident (1998) present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident (1998) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (1998) present A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident (1998) present A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus LC resident (1998) present A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps LC resident (1998) present A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis LC resident (1998) present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident (1998) present A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident (1998) present A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui LC resident (1998) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (1998) present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (1998) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident (1998) present A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis LC resident (1998) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident (1998) present A3
Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (1998) present A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident (1998) present A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni LC resident (1998) present A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident (1998) present A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei LC resident (1998) present A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident (1998) present A3
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri NT resident (1998) present A1
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (1998) present A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident (1998) present A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (1998) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident (1998) present A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (1998) present A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (1998) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (1998) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (1998) present A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris LC resident (1998) present A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident (1998) present A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens LC resident (1998) present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (1998) present A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus LC resident (1998) present A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus LC resident (1998) present A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps LC resident (1998) present A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident (1998) present A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident (1998) present A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa LC resident (1998) present A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident (1998) present A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster LC resident (1998) present A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris LC resident (1998) present A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus LC resident (1998) present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (1998) present A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident (1998) present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident (1998) present A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident (1998) present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident (1998) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2012 good low medium
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes habitat good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest good (>90%) good (>90%) good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Biological resource use happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low
Energy production and mining happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low
Pollution happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low

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 compre­hensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species Very little or no conservation action taking place medium

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 78
Savanna 18
Artificial/Terrestrial 2

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
tourism/recreation -
water management -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mabira Forest Reserve (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mabira-forest-reserve-iba-uganda on 23/12/2024.