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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	1997	present	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Little Hornbill Horizocerus granti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sierra Leone Prinia Schistolais leontica	EN	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident	1997	present	A2
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - shifting agriculture	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Unknown	low

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)
Réserve de la biosphère des Monts Nimba	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	145,200	protected area contains site	12,540
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	22,130	protected area contains site	12,540
Mount Nimba	Strict Nature Reserve	13,000	protected area contained by site	12,540

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Unknown		-
Shrubland		-
Forest		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Monts Nimba (part of Mount Nimba transboundary AZE). Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/monts-nimba-(part-of-mount-nimba-transboundary-aze)-iba-guinea on 03/10/2023.