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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
Udzungwa Forest-partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla chlorigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Rusty-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis macclounii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Iringa Akalat Sheppardia lowei	VU	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Moreau's Sunbird Cinnyris moreaui	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3

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
-	Mangalisa	Forest Reserve	13
-	Mafwomero	Forest Reserve	7
1954	Ukwiva	Forest Reserve	80
1954	Mafwomero	Forest Reserve	7

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rubeho Mountains (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rubeho-mountains-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.