TZ075
Minziro Forest Reserve


IBA Justification

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
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident 2000 present A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident 2000 present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident 2000 present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident 2000 present A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus LC resident 2000 present A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident 2000 present A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui LC resident 2000 present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident 2000 present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident 2000 present A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident 2000 present A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus LC resident 2000 present A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident 2000 present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident 2000 present A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident 2000 present A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni LC resident 2000 present A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident 2000 present A3
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri NT resident 2000 present A1, A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident 2000 present A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident 2000 present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident 2000 present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident 2000 present A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans LC resident 2000 present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident 2000 present A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata LC resident 2000 present A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident 2000 present A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis LC resident 2000 present A3
Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi LC resident 2000 unknown A3
Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris VU resident 2000 unknown A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea EN non-breeding - present A1
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident 2000 present A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae LC resident 2000 present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident 2000 present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident 2000 present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident 2000 present A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri LC resident 2000 present A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris LC resident 2000 present A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident 2000 present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident 2000 present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident 2000 present A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus LC resident 2000 present A3
Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei LC resident 2000 unknown A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident 2000 present A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident 2000 present A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident 2000 present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident 2000 present A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident 2000 present A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster LC resident 2000 present A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis LC resident 2000 present A3
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris LC resident 2000 present A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident 2000 present A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus LC resident 2000 present A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident 2000 present A3
Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus LC resident 2000 unknown A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident 2000 present A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius LC resident 2000 present A3
Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops LC resident 2000 present A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident 2000 present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident 2000 present A3
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei LC resident 2000 present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident 2000 present A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei LC resident 2000 present A3
Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis LC resident 2000 unknown A3

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Minziro Forest Reserve 100
1947 Minziro Nature Forest Reserve 75

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 80
Savanna 10
Shrubland 5
Artificial/Terrestrial 2
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Minziro Forest Reserve (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/minziro-forest-reserve-iba-tanzania on 22/11/2024.