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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
Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	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
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	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
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	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
Grey-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	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
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
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	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
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	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
Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, 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
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sierra Leone Prinia Schistolais leontica	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-headed Rufous-warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris	DD	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	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
Baumann's Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	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
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	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
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	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
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	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

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
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
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	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)
Sankan Biriwa (Tingi Hills)	No or Non - Hunting Forest Reserve	11,885	is identical to site	10,519

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Grassland - montane	-
Forest	Mid-altitude forest - transitional, Montane forest - mixed, Woodland - mixed	-
Savanna	Wooded grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	-

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

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6833 on 08/06/2023.