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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
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	2000	present	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
Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	2000	present	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
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident	2000	present	A1
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	unknown	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	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
-	Nguru North	Forest Reserve	48
-	Derema	Forest Reserve	12
-	Mkuli Exten.	Forest Reserve	11
-	Pumula	Forest Reserve	4
-	Rudewa South	Forest Reserve	2
-	Mbwegere	Forest Reserve	2
-	Derema	Forest Reserve	-
-	Kwediboma	Forest Reserve	-
1959	Mkongo	Forest Reserve	2
1962	Mamboto	Forest Reserve	1
1969	Kilindi	Forest Reserve	18

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		99

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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