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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
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cinnamon-breasted Tit Melaniparus pallidiventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	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
Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Biological resource use	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1964	Mikumi National Park	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		60
Shrubland		24
Artificial/Terrestrial		14

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mikumi National Park (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mikumi-national-park-iba-tanzania on 22/11/2024.