MW013
Mangochi Mountain 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
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi LC resident (1999) present A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex LC resident (1999) present A3
Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi NT resident (1999) present A1, A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror LC resident (1999) present A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata LC resident (1999) present A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris LC resident (1999) present A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla LC resident (1999) present A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica LC resident (1999) present A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi LC resident (1999) present A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana LC resident (1999) present A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata LC resident (1999) present A3
Thyolo Alethe Chamaetylas choloensis VU resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis LC resident (1999) present A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia LC resident (1999) present A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa LC resident (1999) present A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1973 Liwonde National Park National Park (II) 3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 86
Shrubland 13

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mangochi-mountain-forest-reserve-iba-malawi on 23/12/2024.