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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata	VU	passage (2000)	present	A1
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis	EN	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, 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 key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happen­ing now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	rapid deteri­oration (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	very high
Residential and commercial development	happen­ing now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	rapid deteri­oration (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate deteri­oration (10–30% in 3 gener­ations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate deteri­oration (10–30% in 3 gener­ations)	high
Energy production and mining	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Most of site (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No manage­ment plan exists, but the manage­ment planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Pande	Forest Reserve (-)	-
-	Dondwe	Forest Reserve (-)	-
-	Pande	Game Reserve (IV)	78

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	64
Shrubland	35

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pande-game-reserve-and-dondwe-coastal-forests-iba-tanzania on 20/01/2025.