CF006
Bangui


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
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii 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
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini 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 Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus 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
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri LC resident (1998) present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident (1998) present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (1998) present A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui LC resident (1998) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (1998) present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (1998) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident (1998) present A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (1998) present A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana LC resident (1998) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident (1998) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis LC resident (1998) present A3
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris LC resident (1998) present A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident (1998) present A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus LC resident (1998) present A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens 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
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo LC resident (1998) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (1998) present A3
Camaroptera chloronota NR resident (1998) present A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita LC resident (1998) present A3
Congo Sand Martin Riparia congica LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae LC resident (1998) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (1998) present A3
Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini LC resident (1998) present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (1998) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (1998) present A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri LC resident (1998) present A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident (1998) present A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident (1998) present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (1998) present A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey-caped Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus bohndorffi LC resident (1998) present A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps LC resident (1998) present A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident (1998) present A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens LC resident (1998) present A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident (1998) present A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident (1998) present A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster 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
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident (1998) present A3
Bob-tailed Weaver Brachycope anomala LC resident (1998) present A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi LC resident (1998) present A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident (1998) present A3
Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini LC resident (1998) present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident (1998) present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident (1998) present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident (1998) present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (1998) present A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei LC resident (1998) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 56
Artificial/Terrestrial 15
Wetlands (inland) 8
Shrubland 6
Savanna 5
Unknown 5
Grassland 1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bangui (Central African Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bangui-iba-central-african-republic on 23/12/2024.