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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
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
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	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
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

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
1951	Mkomazi National Park	National Park	100
1974	Umba	Game Reserve	60

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		73
Artificial/Terrestrial		17
Shrubland		5
Forest		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.