MW002
Nyika National Park (Malawi)


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
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens LC resident (1999) present A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus LC resident (1999) present A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus LC resident (1999) present A3
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis LC resident (1999) present A3
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus VU resident (1986) 12 pairs A1
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus NT non-breeding (1999) common A1
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus NT resident (1999) present A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum LC resident (1999) present A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris LC resident (1999) present A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii LC resident (1999) present A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax LC resident (1999) present A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata LC resident (1999) present A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii LC resident (1999) present A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni LC resident (1999) present A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni LC resident (1999) present A2, A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae LC resident (1999) present A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata 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
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris LC resident (1999) present A2, A3
Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe LC resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis LC resident (1999) present A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea EN breeding (1999) 300 pairs A1, A3
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps 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
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica LC resident (1999) present A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens LC resident (1999) present A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera LC resident (1999) present A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris LC resident (1999) present A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri LC resident (1999) present A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi LC resident (1999) present A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana LC resident (1999) present A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata LC resident (1999) present A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi LC resident (1999) present A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri LC resident (1999) present A3
Rusty-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis macclounii LC resident (1999) present A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata LC resident (1999) present A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni LC resident (1999) present A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei LC resident (1999) present A2, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis LC resident (1999) present A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti LC resident (1999) present A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae LC resident (1999) present A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni LC resident (1999) present A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius LC resident (1999) present A2, A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht LC resident (1999) present A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi LC 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
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus 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
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata LC resident (1999) present A2, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1965 Nyika National Park National Park (II) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 81
Shrubland 17

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nyika National Park (Malawi) (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nyika-national-park-(malawi)-iba-malawi on 31/12/2024.