MW001
Misuku Hills Forest Reserves


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
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

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 94
Shrubland 5

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
water management -


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 23/12/2024.