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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
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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1990	Ngezi-Vumawimbi	Forest Reserve (-)	1
1998	Misali Island	Area de Conservación (VI)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	100

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 26/12/2024.