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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
Pemba Green-pigeon Treron pembaensis	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2
Pemba Scops-owl Otus pembaensis	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2
Pemba White-eye Zosterops vaughani	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2
Pemba Sunbird Cinnyris pembae	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2

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
-	Pemba Channel Conservation Area	Area de Conservación	31
-	Ngezi-Vumawimbi	Nature Reserve	1
1989	Ras Kiuyu	Forest Reserve	<1
1990	Msitu Mkuu	Forest Reserve	<1
1990	Ngezi-Vumawimbi	Forest Reserve	1
1998	Misali Island	Area de Conservación	1
2010	Kiweni	Locally Managed Marine Area	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pemba Island (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pemba-island-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.