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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
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1948	Moroto	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		73
Grassland		10
Shrubland		8
Forest		3
Unknown		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Moroto Forest Reserve (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-moroto-forest-reserve-iba-uganda on 22/11/2024.