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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
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident (1998)	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 (2012) is shown below.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Natural system modifications	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Mount Otzi	Forest Reserve (-)	100
1946	Otze Forest White Rhino	Sanctuary (IV)	84

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	63
Savanna	32
Shrubland	3

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Otzi Forest Reserve (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-otzi-forest-reserve-iba-uganda on 23/12/2024.