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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
Comoro Olive-pigeon Columba pollenii	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Comoro Blue-pigeon Alectroenas sganzini	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus	LC	breeding	-	300 breeding pairs	A4ii
Moheli Scops-owl Otus moheliensis	EN	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles	EN	resident	-	present	A1
Moheli Brush-warbler Nesillas mariae	EN	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Moheli Bulbul Hypsipetes moheliensis	EN	resident	1998	present	A2
Comoro Thrush Turdus bewsheri	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Humblot's Sunbird Cinnyris humbloti	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Red-headed Fody Foudia eminentissima	LC	resident	1998	present	A2

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
2001	Parc Marin de Mohéli	Parc National	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mont Mlédjélé (Mwali highlands) (Comoros). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mont-mlédjélé-(mwali-highlands)-iba-comoros on 23/11/2024.