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South Pare Mountains


IBA Justification

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
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus LC resident (2000) present A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi LC resident (2000) present A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus NT resident (2000) present A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum LC resident (2000) present A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates LC resident (2000) present A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias LC resident (2000) present A3
Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri LC resident (2000) unknown A2, A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps LC resident (2000) present 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
South Pare White-eye Zosterops winifredae NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
South Pare White-eye Zosterops winifredae NT resident (2000) present A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri LC resident (2000) present A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii LC resident (2000) present A3
Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata LC resident (2000) present A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni LC resident (2000) present A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei LC resident (2000) present A3
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris usambaricus NT resident (2000) present A3
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi LC resident (2000) present A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia LC resident (2000) present A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta LC resident (2000) present A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata LC resident (2000) unknown A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Chome Forest Reserve (IV) 56
- Koko Hill Forest Reserve (Ib) <1
1958 Chambogo Forest Reserve (IV) 22

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 78
Shrubland 9
Grassland 7
Artificial/Terrestrial 4

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Pare Mountains (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-pare-mountains-iba-tanzania on 23/12/2024.