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.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Udzungwa Forest-partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis |
EN |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Eastern Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex |
LC |
resident (2000) |
unknown |
A3 |
| Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
unknown |
A3 |
| Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Common Fiscal Lanius collaris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda |
LC |
resident (2000) |
unknown |
A3 |
| Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea |
EN |
breeding (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri |
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 |
| Brown Warbler Curruca lugens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
unknown |
A3 |
| Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Rusty-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis macclounii |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Iringa Akalat Sheppardia lowei |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Dapple-throat Arcanator orostruthus |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Banded Sunbird Anthreptes rubritorques |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Amani Sunbird Hedydipna pallidigaster |
EN |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Moreau's Sunbird Cinnyris moreaui |
NT |
resident (2000) |
unknown |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Rufous-winged Sunbird Cinnyris rufipennis |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor |
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 |
| Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Green Indigobird Vidua codringtoni |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Kipengere Seedeater Crithagra melanochroa |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
