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The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha	NT	resident	2008	present	A1, A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	2008	present	A1, A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Doherty's Bush-shrike Telophorus dohertyi	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	2008	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	gathering terrestrial plants - unintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - unspecified species	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Kasyoha - Kitomi	Forest Reserve	35,388	protected area overlaps with site	39,200
Kakasi	Forest Reserve	789	protected area contained by site	0

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Bitooma Abeteriiene Twebiseho Association (BATA)	0
Butoha Twetungure Turinde Ebyobuhangwa Association (BTTEA)	0
Buzenga Environmenttal Association	0
Kanywambogo Environmental Development Association (KEDA)	0
Mwongera Parish Environmental Conservation Association (MPECA)	0
Ndangaro Environment and Conservation Association (NECA)	0
Rwajere Parish Tree Planting Association (RPTPA)	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mid-altitude forest - transitional	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-

The Forest is a Central Forest Reserve which is managed by National Forest Authority on behave of the Government of Uganda. This therefore means that the Forest Reserve is owned by the Government. The communities are being involved in the management as well through the CFM aproach.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kasyoha-kitomi-forest-reserve-iba-uganda on 22/09/2023.