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The site was identified as important in 1998 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
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres	VU	non-breeding	1999	present	A1
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata	VU	resident	1999	present	A1
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1998) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Residential and commercial development	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1960	Maputo	Special Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		83
Grassland		6
Artificial/Terrestrial		4
Shrubland		3
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		2
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maputo Special Reserve (Mozambique). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maputo-special-reserve-iba-mozambique on 23/11/2024.