NG005
Afi River Forest Reserve This is an IBA in Danger! 


IBA Justification

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
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (1999) present A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia LC resident (1999) present A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini LC resident (1999) present A3
Bates's Swift Apus batesi LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident (1999) present A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident (1999) present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident (1999) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (1999) present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident (1999) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha LC resident (1999) present A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident (1999) present A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident (1999) present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti LC resident (1999) unknown A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata VU resident (1999) present A1, A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini LC resident (1999) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (1999) present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui LC resident (1999) present A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli LC resident (1999) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (1999) present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident (1999) present A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident (1999) present A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (1999) present A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident (1999) present A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident (1999) present A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas NT resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (1999) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (1999) present A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti LC resident (1999) present A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (1999) present A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota LC resident (1999) present A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (1999) present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident (1999) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (1999) present A3
White-tailed Greenbul Baeopogon clamans LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (1999) present A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident (1999) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis LC resident (1999) present A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident (1999) present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (1999) present A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident (1999) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus LC resident (1999) present A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps LC resident (1999) present A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident (1999) present A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident (1999) present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident (1999) present A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti LC resident (1999) present A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident (1999) present A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident (1999) present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (1999) present A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2021) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2021 not assessed medium not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes unset good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Transportation and service corridors happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 97
Unknown 1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -
nature conservation and research -
tourism/recreation -
water management -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Afi River Forest Reserve (Nigeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/afi-river-forest-reserve-iba-nigeria on 23/12/2024.