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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
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dambo Cisticola Cisticola dambo	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	57
Shrubland	31
Savanna	5
Artificial/Terrestrial	3
Wetlands (inland)	2

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marungu highlands (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marungu-highlands-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 23/12/2024.