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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
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

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
1968	Bombo Lumene	Not Reported	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		40
Grassland		29
Forest		24
Artificial/Terrestrial		5
Savanna		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.