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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
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bates's Swift Apus batesi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buccanodon duchaillui	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Campethera caroli	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
West African Batis Batis occulta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-necked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia chalybea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green-breasted Bush-shrike Malaconotus gladiator	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bocage's Bush-shrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Greenbul Phyllastrephus poliocephalus	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-capped Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus herberti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-throated Mountain-babbler Kupeornis gilberti	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Crossley's Ground-thrush Geokichla crossleyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Bradornis fuliginosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Robin-chat Oreocossypha isabellae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ursula's Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	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 - agro-industry farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Rumpi Hills	Forest Reserve	45,675	protected area contained by site	45,675

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Farmbush, fallow & ruderal land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-
Forest	Lowland forest - dry evergreen, Lowland forest - mixed moist evgn & semi-evgn, Mid-altitude forest - transitional	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/01/2022.