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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Makonde Scarp 3	Forest Reserve (-)	-
-	Mkunya River	Forest Reserve (-)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	95
Shrubland	4

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 26/12/2024.