Key Biodiversity Areas

Mafia Island (6975)
Tanzania, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesDromas ardeolaCrab-ploverLR/lc2004link-icon
EricalesDiospyros greenwayiVU2004link-icon
AvesXenus cinereusTerek SandpiperLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEgretta dimorphaLR/lc2001link-icon
MagnolialesMkilua fragransVU2004link-icon
FabalesBaphia kirkiiVU2004link-icon
EricalesDiospyros shimbaensisEN2004link-icon
AmphibiaMertensophryne howelliEN2004link-icon
MammaliaDendrohyrax validusEastern Tree HyraxLC2004link-icon
MammaliaRhynchocyon petersiBlack And Rufous Elephant ShrewEN2004link-icon
MalpighialesAristogeitonia monophyllaVU2004link-icon
MalpighialesEuphorbia lividifloraVU2004link-icon
SapindalesZanthoxylum lindenseVU2004link-icon
MammaliaParaxerus palliatusRed Bush SquirrelVU2004link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mafia Island. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 12, 2025.