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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
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	1997	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
1945	Mt. Balandougou	Classified Forest	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		56
Forest		17
Unknown		17
Artificial/Terrestrial		8

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Balandougou (Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/balandougou-iba-guinea on 22/11/2024.