CF004
Bozoum


IBA Justification

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
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus LC resident 1998 present A3
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus LC breeding 1998 present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident 1998 present A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster LC resident 1998 present A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius LC resident 1998 present A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex LC resident 1998 present A3
Niam-niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus LC resident 1998 present A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus LC resident 1998 present A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta LC resident 1998 present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana LC resident 1998 present A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps LC resident 1998 present A3
Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus LC resident 1998 present A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes 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
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons 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
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis LC resident 1998 present A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica LC resident 1998 present A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata LC resident 1998 present A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta 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.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 81
Savanna 18
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bozoum (Central African Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bozoum-iba-central-african-republic on 26/11/2024.