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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	81
Savanna	18

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bozoum (Central African Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bozoum-iba-central-african-republic on 15/01/2025.