MZ011
Primeiras and Segundas Environmental Protection Area (APAIPS)


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1998 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
Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae EN non-breeding (-) present A1
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus NT resident (1999) present A1, A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris LC resident (1999) present A3
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi LC resident (1999) present A3
Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons LC resident (1999) present A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum LC resident (1999) present A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror LC resident (1999) present A3
Cinnamon-breasted Tit Melaniparus pallidiventris LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca LC resident (1999) present A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi NT resident (1999) present A1, A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii LC resident (1999) present A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala LC resident (1999) present A3
Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris LC resident (1999) present A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa LC resident (1999) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 95
Grassland 2
Shrubland 2

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Primeiras and Segundas Environmental Protection Area (APAIPS) (Mozambique). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/primeiras-and-segundas-environmental-protection-area-(apaips)-iba-mozambique on 23/12/2024.