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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
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla chlorigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Banded Sunbird Anthreptes rubritorques	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Moreau's Sunbird Cinnyris moreaui	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	2000	unknown	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
-	Nguru South	Forest Reserve	61
1954	Kanga	Forest Reserve	22
1954	Mkindu	Forest Reserve	16

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		98
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nguru Mountains (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nguru-mountains-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.