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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
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1

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
-	Makonde Scarp II	Forest Reserve	16
-	Makonde Scarp I	Forest Reserve	17
-	Makonde Scarp III	Forest Reserve	9
-	Mkunya River	Forest Reserve	-
-	Makonde Scarp 3	Forest Reserve	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		95
Shrubland		4

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: Newala District Coastal Forests (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/newala-district-coastal-forests-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.