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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
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

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
-	Rau	Forest Reserve	23
-	Kahe I	Forest Reserve	7
-	Kahe II	Forest Reserve	3
-	Kamwalla II	Forest Reserve	4
-	Kamwalla I	Forest Reserve	1
-	Kiverenge	Forest Reserve	29
1955	Minja	Forest Reserve	7
1958	Mramba	Forest Reserve	42
1961	Kindoroko	Forest Reserve	11

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		54
Grassland		37
Shrubland		7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 23/11/2024.