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The site was identified as important in 1998 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
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	resident	-	70 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	non-breeding	-	2,000 individuals	A1, A4i
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus	LC	non-breeding	-	1,000 individuals	A4i
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1998) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1950	Coutada Oficial N0. 12	Hunting Reserve	31
1957	Inhamitanga	Forest Reserve	<1
1960	Marromeu	Game Reserve	18
1961	Coutada Oficial No. 10	Hunting Reserve	30
1969	Coutada Oficial No. 11	Hunting Reserve	21
2004	Zambezi Delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		77
Grassland		11
Shrubland		10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zambezi River Delta (Mozambique). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zambezi-river-delta-iba-mozambique on 22/11/2024.