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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
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Thyolo Alethe Chamaetylas choloensis	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	1999	present	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
1924	Namizimu	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		73
Artificial/Terrestrial		13
Shrubland		12

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Namizimu Forest Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/namizimu-forest-reserve-iba-malawi on 22/11/2024.