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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
Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident	1999	present	A1
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	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
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	1999	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	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)
Fazao-Malfakassa	National Park	69,000	is identical to site	192,000

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

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fazao-malfakassa-national-park-iba-togo on 26/09/2023.