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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Nahan's Partridge Ptilopachus nahani	VU	resident	2008	present	A1, A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	2008	present	A1, A3
Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Black-eared Ground-thrush Geokichla camaronensis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	2008	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	2008	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1932	Bugoma	Forest Reserve	100
1932	Bugoma Central Forest Reserve	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mid-altitude forest - transitional	82
Grassland	Grassland - secondary	18

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)

The forest is a central forest managed by the National Forest Authority on behalf of the state. This therefore means that the Forest Reserve is owned by the Government of Uganda in trust of the people. Various conservation programmes especially that of ECOTRUST are promoting conservation of the forest by involving the communities in livelihood improvement projects.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bugoma Central Forest Reserve (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bugoma-central-forest-reserve-iba-uganda on 22/11/2024.