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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
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

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
-	Kwizu	Forest Reserve	12
-	Kiranga Hengae	Forest Reserve	2
-	Chome	Forest Reserve	56
-	Gonja	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Koko Hill	Forest Reserve	<1
1953	Kisiwani	Forest Reserve	<1
1953	Vumari	Forest Reserve	7
1957	Chongweni	Forest Reserve	<1
1957	Kankoma	Forest Reserve	<1
1957	Maganda	Forest Reserve	<1
1958	Chambogo	Forest Reserve	22

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		78
Shrubland		9
Grassland		7
Artificial/Terrestrial		4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

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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 23/11/2024.