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Table 25 continued Summary of birds observed opportunistically in Mgambo FR.
Species Common name Ecol.
type
End.
status
Threat Status
IUCN
2000
UDSM
1997
CITES
2001
Identification
confidence
TROGONIDAE
Apaloderma narina Narina’s Trogon f3 W Certain
TURDIDAE
Cossypha natalensis
Pogonocichla stellata
Red-capped Robin-chat
White-starred Robin
F1
F2
W
W
Certain
Certain
TYTONIDAE
Tyto alba affinis Barn Owl f W LR II Certain
UPUPIDAE
Phoeniculus purpureus Green Wood-hoopoe F1 W Certain
Rhinopomastus Common Scimitarbill f W Certain
cyanomelas
*Endemic status determined using Stattersfield et al (1998)
Bold text Ecological type determined using Mlingwa et al. (2000)
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS FOR TABLE 25
Forest dependence Mlingwa et al. (2000):
Forest specialist (FF): Species that are typical of forest interior and likely to disappear when the forest is modified to any extent.
Forest generalist (F): Species that can occur in undisturbed forest but which are able to exist (and may even be numerous) at the forest
edge or in modified/ fragmented forests. However, these generalists continue to depend upon forests for some of their resources, such as
nesting sites.
Non-forest birds (f): Forest visitors
Forest dependence Stuart (1989) categories:
1. those which live in forest but are not dependent upon it for their survival
2. those which live in forest and ‘overspill’ into adjacent habitats, but are dependent upon forest for their survival
3. those that can only survive in forest and hardly ‘overspill’ into adjacent habitats.
Endemic (End.) status:
E – Endemic: Species only found in the Usambara Mountains.
N – Near endemic: Species with lim ited ranges usually only including coastal forest and/or E. African lowland forests.
W - Widely distributed species
IUCN status:
CITES listings:
EN - Endangered I – Appendix One listed species
VU - Vulnerable II – Appendix Two listed species
LR/NT - Low Risk/Near Threatened (Appendix Three not included in Table)
DD - Data Deficient
A total of 60% of bird species (31 species) recorded in Mgambo FR were non-forest species
(Mlingwa et al, 2000), with 6% (3 species) forest specialists and 31% (16 species) forest
generalists. Forest specialists are summarised in Table 26.
Table 26 Summary of forest dependant birds with corresponding threat status categories.
Species name Common name Ecol.
type
End.
status
Threat status
IUCN
2000
UDSM
1997
Andropadus milanjensis Stripe-cheeked Greenbul FF W
Cyanomitra olivacea Olive Sunbird FF W
Stephanoaetus cornatus African Crowned Eagle FF2 W NT II
*Endemic status determined using Stattersfield et al (1998)
CITES
2001
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