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North Pare Mountains


IBA Justification

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
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi LC resident (2000) present A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus NT resident (2000) present A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates LC resident (2000) present A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica LC resident (2000) present A3
Zosterops poliogastrus NR resident (2000) present A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii LC resident (2000) present A3
Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Abbott's Starling Arizelopsar femoralis EN resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi LC resident (2000) present A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri LC resident (2000) present A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata LC resident (2000) present A3
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa LC resident (2000) present A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris usambaricus NT resident (2000) present A3
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii LC resident (2000) present A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia LC resident (2000) present A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta LC resident (2000) present A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata LC resident (2000) unknown A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Kiverenge Forest Reserve (IV) 29
- Kamwalla I Forest Reserve (IV) 1
- Kamwalla II Forest Reserve (IV) 4
1955 Minja Forest Reserve (IV) 7
1958 Mramba Forest Reserve (IV) 42

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 54
Grassland 37
Shrubland 7

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Pare Mountains (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-pare-mountains-iba-tanzania on 23/12/2024.