The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Eastern Little Hornbill Horizocerus granti |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
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 |
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus |
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 |
Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A3 |
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus |
EN |
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 |
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Nicator Nicator chloris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius |
NT |
resident |
1999 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus |
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 |
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens |
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 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).
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