CF008
Dzanga-Ndoki 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
Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger LC resident 1998 present A3
Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera LC resident 1998 present A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident 1998 present A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii LC resident 1998 present A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident 1998 present A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident 1998 present A3
Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus LC resident 1998 present A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia LC resident 1998 present A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini LC resident 1998 present A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini LC resident 1998 present A3
Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis LC resident 1998 present A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident 1998 present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident 1998 present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident 1998 present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident 1998 present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident 1998 present A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara LC resident 1998 present A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha LC resident 1998 present A3
Sandy Scops-owl Otus icterorhynchus LC resident 1998 present A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident 1998 present A3
Vermiculated Fishing-owl Scotopelia bouvieri LC resident 1998 present A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis LC resident 1998 present A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident 1998 present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident 1998 present A3
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale LC resident 1998 present A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini LC resident 1998 present A3
Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus LC resident 1998 present A3
Eastern Little Hornbill Horizocerus granti LC resident 1998 present A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus LC resident 1998 present A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus LC resident 1998 present A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis LC resident 1998 present A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii LC resident 1998 present A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps LC resident 1998 present A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri LC resident 1998 present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis LC resident 1998 present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident 1998 present A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident 1998 present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident 1998 present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident 1998 present A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui LC resident 1998 present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident 1998 present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident 1998 present A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi LC resident 1998 present A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus LC resident 1998 present A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis LC resident 1998 present A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana LC resident 1998 present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident 1998 present A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident 1998 present A3
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei LC resident 1998 present A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis LC resident 1998 present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident 1998 present A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus LC resident 1998 present A3
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris LC resident 1998 present A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident 1998 present A3
Gabon Batis Batis minima LC resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
West African Batis Batis occulta LC resident 1998 present A3
White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa LC resident 1998 present A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident 1998 present A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis LC resident 1998 present A3
Bocage's Bush-shrike Chlorophoneus bocagei LC resident 1998 present A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident 1998 present A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident 1998 present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident 1998 present A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident 1998 present A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus LC resident 1998 present A3
Forest Penduline-tit Anthoscopus flavifrons LC resident 1998 present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo LC resident 1998 present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident 1998 present A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident 1998 present A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps LC resident 1998 present A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident 1998 present A3
Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident 1998 present A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota LC resident 1998 present A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus LC resident 1998 present A3
Dja River Swamp-warbler Bradypterus grandis NT resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens LC resident 1998 present A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita LC resident 1998 present A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident 1998 present A3
Bleda notatus NR resident 1998 present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident 1998 present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident 1998 present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident 1998 present A3
White-tailed Greenbul Baeopogon clamans LC resident 1998 present A3
Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini LC resident 1998 present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident 1998 present A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident 1998 present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident 1998 present A3
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident 1998 present A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis LC resident 1998 present A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri LC resident 1998 present A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident 1998 present A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident 1998 present A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens LC resident 1998 present A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident 1998 present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident 1998 present A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident 1998 present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident 1998 present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident 1998 present A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus LC resident 1998 present A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps LC resident 1998 present A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident 1998 present A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident 1998 present A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi LC resident 1998 present A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident 1998 present A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa LC resident 1998 present A3
Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus LC resident 1998 present A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens LC resident 1998 present A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident 1998 present A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster LC resident 1998 present A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis LC resident 1998 present A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri LC resident 1998 present A3
Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus LC resident 1998 present A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident 1998 present A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident 1998 present A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident 1998 present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident 1998 present A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius LC resident 1998 present A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha LC resident 1998 present A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi LC resident 1998 present A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident 1998 present A3
Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster LC resident 1998 present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident 1998 present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident 1998 present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident 1998 present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident 1998 present A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons LC resident 1998 present A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei LC resident 1998 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)
Sangha Trinational World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 746,309 protected area overlaps with site 126,496
Riviere Sangha située en République Centrafricaine Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 275,000 protected area overlaps with site 0
Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve 686,554 protected area overlaps with site 457,900
Dzanga-Ndoki National Park 114,326 protected area overlaps with site 114,326

Habitats

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

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dzanga-Ndoki National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dzanga-ndoki-national-park-iba-central-african-republic on 01/10/2023.



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