TZ067
Ukaguru Mountains


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
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus LC resident 2000 unknown A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus NT resident 2000 present A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum LC resident 2000 present A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax LC resident 2000 present A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris LC resident 2000 unknown A2, A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata LC resident 2000 present A3
Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae NT resident 2000 present A1, A2, A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis LC resident 2000 present A3
Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla chlorigula LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies LC resident 2000 present A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis LC resident 2000 present A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica LC resident 2000 present A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris LC resident 2000 present A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi 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
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni LC resident 2000 present A3
Iringa Akalat Sheppardia lowei VU resident 2000 present A1, A2, A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Moreau's Sunbird Cinnyris moreaui NT resident 2000 present A1, A2, A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi 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
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus LC resident 2000 present A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta 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.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- North Mamiwa Kisara Forest Reserve 41
- Mamiwa Kisara South Forest Reserve 34
- Ikwamba Forest Reserve 4
- Uponera Forest Reserve 2
- Ngogwa Busangi Forest Reserve 10
1950 Milindo Forest Reserve 41
1956 Ruande Forest Reserve 1
1962 Mamboto Forest Reserve 1
1962 Mamboto Forest Reserve 1

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 100
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ukaguru Mountains (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ukaguru-mountains-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.