CI012
Mopri Forest Reserve


IBA Justification

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 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
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis LC resident 1999 present A3
Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus 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
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident 1999 present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident 1999 present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum LC resident 1999 present A3
Akun Eagle-owl Bubo leucostictus LC resident 1999 present A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident 1999 present A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident 1999 present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus 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
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
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii LC resident 1999 present A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti LC resident 1999 present A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli 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
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis LC resident 1999 present A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris LC resident 1999 present A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana 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
Western Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos lobatus VU resident 1999 present A1, A2, 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
West African Batis Batis occulta LC resident 1999 present A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora LC resident 1999 present A3
Lagden's Bush-shrike Malaconotus lagdeni NT resident 2008 present A1
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini 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
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea 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
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
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
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
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus VU resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident 1999 present 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
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae 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
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus LC resident 1999 present A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda NT resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi LC resident 1999 present 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
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident 1999 present A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens LC resident 1999 present A3
Nimba Flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae VU resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident 1999 present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident 1999 present A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri LC resident 1999 present A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident 1999 present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema 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
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident 1999 present A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident 1999 present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina 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 (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Mopri Classified Forest 33,000 protected area overlaps with site 33,000

Habitats

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

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mopri Forest Reserve. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mopri-forest-reserve-iba-côte-divoire on 19/03/2024.