Key Biodiversity Areas

Muheza District Coastal Forests (7018)
Tanzania, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCampethera mombassicaMombasa WoodpeckerLR/lc2001link-icon
MalpighialesMicrococca scariosaVU2004link-icon
MammaliaDendrohyrax validusEastern Tree HyraxLC2004link-icon
MammaliaTaphozous hildegardeaeHildegarde's Tomb BatVU2004link-icon
MammaliaOtomops martiensseniLarge-eared Free-tailed BatVU2004link-icon
AvesLamprotornis corruscusBlack-bellied Glossy-starlingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPogoniulus simplexEastern Green TinkerbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCircaetus fasciolatusSouthern Banded Snake-eagleLR/nt2001link-icon
AvesEuplectes nigroventrisZanzibar BishopLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPoicephalus cryptoxanthusBrown-headed ParrotLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLybius melanopterusBrown-breasted BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon
SapindalesKhaya anthothecaEast African MahoganyVU2004link-icon
MalpighialesPycnocoma littoralisVU2004link-icon
MagnolialesUvariodendron usambarenseVU2004link-icon
BuxalesBuxus obtusifoliaVU2004link-icon
AvesAnthreptes reichenowiPlain-backed SunbirdLR/nt2001link-icon
AvesTelophorus quadricolorFour-coloured Bush-shrikeLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAnthus sokokensisSokoke PipitEN2004link-icon
AvesTauraco fischeriFischer's TuracoLR/nt2004link-icon
GastropodaGulella amboniensisVU2004link-icon
MammaliaParaxerus palliatusRed Bush SquirrelVU2004link-icon
MammaliaRhynchocyon petersiBlack And Rufous Elephant ShrewEN2004link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Muheza District Coastal Forests. 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 18, 2025.