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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.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year[s] of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	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
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
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Uluguru Bushshrike Malaconotus alius	EN	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident (2000)	present	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
White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Uluguru Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla neumanni	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
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	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
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
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
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1
Banded Sunbird Anthreptes rubritorques	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Loveridge's Sunbird Cinnyris loveridgei	EN	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	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)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A compre­hensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Shinkurufumi	Forest Reserve (VI)	1
-	Ngambaula	Forest Reserve (-)	-
1930	Uluguru South	Forest Reserve (IV)	49
1955	Ruvu	Forest Reserve (IV)	11
1961	Uluguru North	Forest Reserve (IV)	23
1964	Kimboza	Forest Reserve (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	95
Shrubland	4

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uluguru Mountains (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uluguru-mountains-iba-tanzania on 04/12/2024.