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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos	EN	non-breeding (2005)	present	A1
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	non-breeding (2005)	uncommon	A1
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda	LC	- (-)	present	A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	passage (-)	present	A1
Laura's Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laurae	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Cinnyris manoensis	NR	- (-)	present	A3
Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident (-)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2010) 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

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	80
Other	9
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	8	Inselbergs, kopjes & inland cliffs
Shrubland	3

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mutinondo Wilderness (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mutinondo-wilderness-iba-zambia on 23/12/2024.