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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
Adamawa Turtle-dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus	LC	breeding	1999	unknown	A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-crowned Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus rubiginosus	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	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
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	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).

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Savanna		0	0	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ninjam	Forest Reserve	5,883	protected area contained by site	5,883
Kafanchan	Forest Reserve	600	protected area contained by site	600
Gerti Kloof	Forest Reserve	2,769	protected area contained by site	2,769
Amere	Forest Reserve	2,653	protected area contained by site	2,653

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

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kagoro--nindam-forest-reserves-and-vicinity-iba-nigeria on 25/09/2023.