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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
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps	NT	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	76
Shrubland	13
Artificial/Terrestrial	9

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mtangatanga and Perekezi Forest Reserves (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mtangatanga-and-perekezi-forest-reserves-iba-malawi on 23/12/2024.