Mumoni Hill Forest Reserve (Kenya) IBA | Details

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Mumoni Hill Forest Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2016 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
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus	EN	resident (2006–2016)	present	A1
Hinde's Babbler Turdoides hindei	VU	resident (2006–2016)	250-999 adults	A1, A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2023) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2023	poor	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in short term (<4 years)	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	70	Montane forest - mixed; Woodland - mixed
Shrubland	25	Bushland & thicket - montane; Scrub - forest; Shrubland - Montane
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	5	Scree, boulders & bare rock

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	100

Land ownership

Its a gazetted government dry land indigenous forest with some pockets of exotic plantations.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mumoni Hill Forest Reserve (Kenya). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mumoni-hill-forest-reserve-iba-kenya on 23/12/2024.