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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
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	breeding	1999	present	A1, A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1948	Matipa#	Forest Reserve	39
1948	Wilindi	Forest Reserve	34
1948	Mughese	Forest Reserve	25

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		94
Shrubland		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Misuku Hills Forest Reserves (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/misuku-hills-forest-reserves-iba-malawi on 23/11/2024.