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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	1999	present	A3
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	breeding	1999	present	A1, A3
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rusty-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis macclounii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident	1999	min 1,000 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, 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
1948	South Viphya	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry & agro-industrial plantations	30
Forest		12
Grassland	Grassland - montane	major (>10)
Shrubland	Shrubland - Montane	major (>10)

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 Viphya Forest Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-viphya-forest-reserve-iba-malawi on 22/11/2024.