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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
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous Fishing-owl Scotopelia ussheri	VU	resident	1999	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	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	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	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
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	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
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh	EN	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	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
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	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
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident	1999	present	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
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
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	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
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	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
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	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
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii	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
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius	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
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
Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus	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

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	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
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
Biological resource use	gathering terrestrial plants - unintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Azagny National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	19,400	protected area overlaps with site	19,400
Azagny National Park	National Park	19,400	protected area overlaps with site	19,400

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	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
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 Areas factsheet: Azagny National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.