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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
Yellow-necked Francolin Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Star-spotted Nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata	VU	unknown	2000	present	A1
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cinnamon Weaver Ploceus badius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-headed Silverbill Odontospiza griseicapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	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
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	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).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Kidepo	Game Reserve	120,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Imatong	Forest Reserve	110,000	protected area contained by site	103,200

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Unknown		-
Shrubland		-
Savanna		-
Forest		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Imatong mountains. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/imatong-mountains-iba-south-sudan on 01/10/2023.