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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
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Niam-niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bates's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	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.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Not assessed	Not assessed	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1933	Bamingui-Bangoran	National Park	56
1940	Gribingui-Bamingui	Faunal Reserve	25
1940	Koukourou-Bamingui	Faunal Reserve	6
1960	Vassako-Bolo	Strict Nature Reserve	5
1979	Bamingui-Bangoran Conservation Area	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	82

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		80
Shrubland		19

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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