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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 (-)	present	A1
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
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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Nguru North	Forest Reserve (IV)	48
-	Pumula	Forest Reserve (VI)	4
-	Derema	Forest Reserve (-)	-
-	Kwediboma	Forest Reserve (-)	-
1969	Kilindi	Forest Reserve (IV)	18

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	99

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 23/12/2024.