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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
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri	LC	resident (2000)	unknown	A3
Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rufiji District Coastal Forests (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rufiji-district-coastal-forests-iba-tanzania on 23/12/2024.