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Mkomazi National Park


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
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus LC resident (2000) present A3
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala LC resident (2000) present A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii LC resident (2000) present A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC passage (-) present A1
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris LC resident (2000) present A3
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo LC resident (2000) present A3
Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii LC resident (2000) present A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi LC resident (2000) present A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus LC resident (2000) present A3
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi LC resident (2000) present A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis LC resident (2000) present A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi LC resident (2000) present A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus LC resident (2000) present A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra LC resident (2000) present A3
Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa DD resident (2000) present A1, A3
Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex LC resident (2000) present A3
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus LC resident (2000) present A3
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana LC resident (2000) present A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi LC resident (2000) present A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa LC resident (2000) present A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti LC resident (2000) present A3
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi LC resident (2000) present A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius LC resident (2000) present A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus LC resident (2000) present A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis LC resident (2000) present A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides LC resident (2000) present A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli LC resident (2000) present A3
Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus LC resident (2000) present A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-headed Silverbill Spermestes griseicapilla LC resident (2000) present A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula LC resident (2000) present A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus LC resident (2000) present A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura LC resident (2000) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1951 Mkomazi National Park National Park (IV) 100
1974 Umba Game Reserve (-) 60

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland 73
Artificial/Terrestrial 17
Shrubland 5
Forest 3

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mkomazi-national-park-iba-tanzania on 04/12/2024.