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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident (1998)	unknown	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident (1998)	unknown	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1998)	unknown	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1998)	unknown	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident (1998)	unknown	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident (1998)	unknown	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident (1998)	unknown	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (1998)	unknown	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	Abuko	Nature Reserve (II)	80

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abuko Nature Reserve (Gambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/abuko-nature-reserve-iba-gambia on 23/12/2024.