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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
Cameroon Olive-pigeon Columba sjostedti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Banded Wattle-eye Platysteira laticincta	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Green-breasted Bush-shrike Malaconotus gladiator	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Bangwa Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Ruwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Robin-chat Oreocossypha isabellae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident	2000	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.

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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	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Kilum-Ijim Forest	Conservation Area	20,000	is identical to site	20,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Woodland - monodominant, Montane forest - undifferentiated	-
Grassland	Grassland - montane	-
Savanna	Bamboo - Montane	-
Shrubland	Scrub - forest, Shrubland - Montane	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Oku. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/01/2021.