The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
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 |
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