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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
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps	NT	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	54
Shrubland	40
Forest	4

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ntchisi-mountain-forest-reserve-iba-malawi on 23/12/2024.