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 |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Green Turaco Tauraco persa |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Sandy Scops-owl Otus icterorhynchus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Akun Eagle-owl Bubo leucostictus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus |
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 |
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A3 |
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus |
LC |
breeding |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis |
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 |
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis |
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 |
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus |
EN |
resident |
2000 |
common |
A3 |
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus |
LC |
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 |
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti |
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 |
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus |
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 |
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Nicator Nicator chloris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps |
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 |
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura |
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 |
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura |
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 |
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei |
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 |
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Green Hylia Hylia prasina |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae |
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 |
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
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 |
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus |
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 |
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
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