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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1968	Abuko	Nature Reserve	80
1968	Abuko (Buffer)	Nature Reserve	27

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 23/11/2024.