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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
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	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
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	1999	present	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
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	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
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	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	Uzumara	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uzumara Forest Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uzumara-forest-reserve-iba-malawi on 23/11/2024.