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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Estrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Togo Paradise-whydah Vidua togoensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
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	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Not assessed	negligible

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Comoe National Park	National Park	1,149,150	is identical to site	1,149,150
Comoe National Park	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1,149,150	protected area contains site	1,149,150
Comoé National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	1,149,250	is identical to site	1,149,150

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Comoe National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6090 on 28/05/2023.