TZ075
Minziro 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
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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Minziro Forest Reserve (-) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 80
Savanna 10
Shrubland 5
Artificial/Terrestrial 2

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 23/12/2024.