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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
Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Niam-niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	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
Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1939	Bire Kapatuos	Game Reserve (VI)	14
1939	Bangangai	Game Reserve (VI)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	62
Savanna	37

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bengangai (South Sudan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bengangai-iba-south-sudan on 23/12/2024.