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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Heuglin's Francolin Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Niam-niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bates's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding	1998	unknown	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Estrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
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	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Not assessed	Not assessed	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Zone Pilote de la Sangba	Classified Forest	1,066,847	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Vassako-Bolo	Strict Nature Reserve	84,304	protected area contained by site	0
Koukourou-Bamingui	Faunal Reserve	113,115	protected area contained by site	0
Gribingui-Bamingui	Faunal Reserve	432,152	protected area contained by site	0
Bamingui-Bangoran Conservation Area	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1,622,000	protected area contained by site	1,622,000
Bamingui-Bangoran	National Park	1,119,110	protected area contained by site	1,119,110
Avakaba Presidential Park	Private Reserve	263,578	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/02/2023.