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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
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

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)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2000	Mount Mulanje	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	-

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

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 23/12/2024.