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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
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
Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident	1999	present	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
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Akun Eagle-owl Bubo leucostictus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	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	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh	EN	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	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	present	A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sierra Leone Prinia Schistolais leontica	EN	resident	1999	unknown	A2, A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps	LC	resident	1999	present	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
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	1999	present	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
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	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
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis	VU	resident	1999	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1999	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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Mont-Momi	Classified Forest	8,000	protected area contained by site	8,000
Mont Sangouine	Botanical Reserve	25,000	protected area contained by site	25,000
Mont Glo	Classified Forest	14,000	protected area contained by site	14,000
Gouele	Classified Forest	11,600	protected area contained by site	11,600
Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.43	Classified Forest	40,768	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.39	Classified Forest	13,480	protected area overlaps with site	0
Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.34	Classified Forest	10,544	protected area overlaps with site	0

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.