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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1998) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2012	Primeiras and Segundas	Environmental Protection Area	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		95
Grassland		2
Shrubland		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.