CD002
Bombo-Lumene Game Reserve


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
Finsch's Francolin Scleroptila finschi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis LC resident (2000) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (2000) present A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii LC resident (2000) present A3
Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus LC breeding (2000) present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (2000) present A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli LC resident (2000) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (2000) present A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident (2000) present A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei LC resident (2000) present A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Bates's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (2000) present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident (2000) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (2000) present A3
Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini LC resident (2000) present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident (2000) present A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (2000) present A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
White-headed Robin-chat Cossypha heinrichi LC resident (1998) present A1, A2, A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (2000) present A3
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa LC resident (2000) present A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (2000) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1968 Bombo Lumene Not Reported (VI) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Shrubland 40
Grassland 29
Forest 24
Artificial/Terrestrial 5
Savanna 1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -
nature conservation and research -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bombo-Lumene Game Reserve (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bombo-lumene-game-reserve-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 22/12/2024.