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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bates's Swift Apus batesi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	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
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli	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
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	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
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
West African Batis Batis occulta	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
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
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	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
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	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
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	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
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	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
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	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
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	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
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi	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
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tano Ofin Extension	Forest Reserve	5,461	protected area contained by site	0
Tano Ofin	Forest Reserve	40,223	protected area contained by site	40,200
Ofin Shelterbelt	Forest Reserve	6,035	protected area overlaps with site	0
Anhwiaso East	Forest Reserve	12,432	protected area is adjacent to site	0

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
water management	-
other	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tano-Offin Forest Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6333 on 02/06/2023.