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Kamuku National Park


IBA Justification

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
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident 1999 present A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster LC resident 1999 present A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius LC resident 1999 present A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident 1999 present A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer LC resident 1999 present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident 1999 present A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps LC resident 1999 present A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus LC resident 1999 present A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus LC resident 1999 present A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons LC resident 1999 present A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus LC resident 1999 present A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera LC resident 1999 present A3
Lavender Waxbill Estrilda coerulescens LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata LC resident 1999 present A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta LC resident 1999 present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident 1999 present A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis LC resident 1999 present A3

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


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Kamuku National Park 121,130 is identical to site 112,700

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Shrubland -
Forest -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kamuku National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kamuku-national-park-iba-nigeria on 04/10/2023.