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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1931	Matandwe	Forest Reserve	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Malawi Hills Forest Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/malawi-hills-forest-reserve-iba-malawi on 23/11/2024.