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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
Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident	1998	present	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
1960	Yata-Ngaya	Faunal Reserve	92
1960	Andre Felix	National Park	16

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		51
Shrubland		47

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: André Félix National Park complex (Central African Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/andré-félix-national-park-complex-iba-central-african-republic on 22/11/2024.