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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
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	breeding	2000	rare	A1, A3
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rusty-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis macclounii	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Iringa Akalat Sheppardia lowei	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kipengere Seedeater Crithagra melanochroa	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3

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
-	Livingstone	Forest Reserve	52
-	Irunga	Forest Reserve	1
-	Rungwe	State Forest Reserve	100
1931	Chuvwi	Forest Reserve	1
1935	Irenga	Forest Reserve	1
1935	Ihoho	Forest Reserve	1
1937	Sawago	Forest Reserve	2
1952	Kitweli	Forest Reserve	<1
1956	Kyejo	Forest Reserve	1
1956	Ngalijembe	Forest Reserve	1
1958	Irungu	Forest Reserve	4
2005	Kitulo Plateau National Park	National Park	47

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		96
Shrubland		3

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 Rungwe (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-rungwe-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.