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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	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
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
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, 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
Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Bangwa Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis	LC	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 Cossyphicula isabellae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, 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
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Montane forest - mixed	-
Grassland	Grassland - montane	-
Wetlands (inland)	Montane bogs, swamps and mires, Rivers & streams	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Mbam. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-mbam-iba-cameroon on 01/12/2023.