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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
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	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
Rufous Fishing-owl Scotopelia ussheri	VU	resident	1999	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	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
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh	EN	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus	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
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1999	unknown	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
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	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
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii	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
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	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
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2022) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1981	Azagny National Park	National Park	100
1996	Azagny National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		76
Unknown		15
Artificial/Terrestrial		7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Azagny National Park (Côte d'Ivoire). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/azagny-national-park-iba-côte-divoire on 22/11/2024.