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The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	-	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	2010	present	A2, A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident	2010	present	A2, A3
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens	LC	-	-	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	-	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	2010	present	A2, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	-	-	present	A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	-	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2005) is shown below.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1972	Mafinga Hills	Forest Reserve	67

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane forest - mixed	major (>10)
Grassland	Grassland - montane	minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree, boulders & bare rock	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mafinga Mountains (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mafinga-mountains-iba-zambia on 22/11/2024.