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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
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Cameroon Olive-pigeon Columba sjostedti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident	2000	rare	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
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sandy Scops-owl Otus icterorhynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli	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
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	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
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	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	rare	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
West African Batis Batis occulta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa	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
Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Monteiro's Bush-shrike Malaconotus monteiri	NT	resident	2000	unknown	A1, A2, 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
Mount Kupe Bush-shrike Chlorophoneus kupeensis	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, 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
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident	2000	present	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
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps	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
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	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
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Greenbul Phyllastrephus poliocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, 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
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae	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
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident	2000	present	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
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Crossley's Ground-thrush Geokichla crossleyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	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
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Robin-chat Cossyphicula isabellae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	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
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident	2000	rare	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
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
Bates's Weaver Ploceus batesi	EN	resident	2000	rare	A1, A2, A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	2000	rare	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	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
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	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)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Farmbush, fallow & ruderal land	-
Forest	Mid-altitude forest - transitional, Montane forest - mixed	-
Grassland	Grassland - secondary	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Kupe. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-kupe-iba-cameroon on 02/12/2023.