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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
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	breeding	1999	present	A1, A3
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata	VU	resident	1999	present	A1
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis anomalus	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Thyolo Alethe Chamaetylas choloensis	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, 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
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	1999	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 (2015) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Mulanje Eastern Slopes	Forest Reserve	-
-	Fortlister	Forest Reserve	-
-	Mulanje (CGP)	Forest Reserve	-
1927	Mulanje	Forest Reserve	92
2000	Mount Mulanje	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		73
Shrubland		19
Artificial/Terrestrial		5
Grassland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-mulanje-forest-reserve-iba-malawi on 23/11/2024.