• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sandy Scops-owl Otus icterorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shelley's Eagle-owl Bubo shelleyi	VU	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Rufous Fishing-owl Scotopelia ussheri	VU	resident	1999	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos lobatus	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sierra Leone Prinia Schistolais leontica	EN	resident	1999	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-headed Rufous-warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris	DD	resident	1999	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Baumann's Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A1, A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Ground-thrush Geokichla princei	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Nimba Flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae	VU	resident	1998	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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)
Tiapleu	Classified Forest	28,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	22,130	protected area overlaps with site	5,000
Mount Nimba Integral Reserve	National Reserve	5,000	protected area overlaps with site	5,000

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Unknown		-
Forest		-

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

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

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-nimba-strict-nature-reserve-iba-côte-divoire on 24/09/2023.