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Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests


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
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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2013 not assessed very high low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes unset unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Biological resource use happe­ning now most of popul­ation/area (50–90%) rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations) very high
Residential and commercial development happe­ning now most of popul­ation/area (50–90%) rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations) very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations) high
Human intrusions and disturbance happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations) high
Energy production and mining likely in long term (>4 years) few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Most of area (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

IBA Protection

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

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 64
Shrubland 35

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) 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 23/12/2024.