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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
White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh	EN	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos lobatus	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Lagden's Bush-shrike Malaconotus lagdeni	NT	resident	1997	present	A1
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis	VU	resident	1997	present	A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Ground-thrush Geokichla princei	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Gola Malimbe Malimbus ballmanni	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1997	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		-
Unknown		-
Forest		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cestos - Senkwen. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cestos--senkwen-iba-liberia on 03/12/2023.