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 |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Handsome Francolin Pternistis nobilis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Bates's Swift Apus batesi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis |
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 |
Ruwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1 |
African Long-eared Owl Asio abyssinicus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Little Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus 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 |
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Sladen's Barbet Gymnobucco sladeni |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dwarf Honeyguide Indicator pumilio |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema |
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 |
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus |
EN |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grauer's Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris graueri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Yellow-crested Helmetshrike Prionops alberti |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Ruwenzori Batis Batis diops |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike Malaconotus cruentus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A3 |
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Doherty's Bush-shrike Telophorus dohertyi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Bedford's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone bedfordi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A3 |
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Western Nicator Nicator chloris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Turner's Eremomela Eremomela turneri |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Ruwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grauer's Swamp-warbler Bradypterus graueri |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus |
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 |
Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-faced Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laetus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Green Hylia Hylia prasina |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Ruwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Grey-caped Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus bohndorffi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
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 |
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Archer's Robin-chat Dessonornis archeri |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Rockefeller's Sunbird Cinnyris rockefelleri |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi |
EN |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A3 |
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata |
LC |
resident |
2000 |
present |
A3 |
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