Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Udzungwa Mountains

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IBA Justification

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
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
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Mufindi Tea Estate Land	Forest Reserve	10
-	Mgololo	Forest Reserve	6
-	Kisinga Lugaro	Forest Reserve	16
-	Nyaganje	Forest Reserve	17
-	Gulosilo	Forest Reserve	1
-	Dabaga New	Forest Reserve	3
-	Ngwasi	Forest Reserve	1
-	Sao Hill extension	Forest Plantation	<1
-	Kiranzi Kitunguu	Forest Reserve	1
-	Mkewe	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Irunda	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Idewa	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Mninga	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Kibao	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Kihanga	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Iyondo	Forest Reserve	-
-	Ihanga	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Matundu	Forest Reserve	-
-	Ulambangi	Forest Reserve	-
1929	Udzungwa Scarp	Forest Reserve	18
1952	Kigogo	Forest Reserve	2
1954	Mufindi Scarp	Forest Reserve	34
1954	Image	Forest Reserve	8
1962	Sao Hill	Forest Reserve	15
2007	West Kilombero Scarp	Forest Reserve	48

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		94
Shrubland		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/udzungwa-mountains-iba-tanzania on 22/11/2024.