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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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident (1998)	present	A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dwarf Honeyguide Indicator pumilio	LC	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grauer's Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri	VU	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rwenzori Batis Batis diops	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni	NT	resident (-)	present	A1
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grauer's Warbler Graueria vittata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Turner's Eremomela Eremomela turneri	NT	resident (1998)	present	A1, A3
Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grauer's Swamp-warbler Bradypterus graueri	VU	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
White-winged Swamp-warbler Bradypterus carpalis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-faced Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laetus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-caped Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus bohndorffi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Oberländer's Ground-thrush Geokichla oberlaenderi	NT	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-eared Ground-thrush Geokichla camaronensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chapin's Flycatcher Fraseria lendu	VU	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Black-flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Archer's Robin-chat Dessonornis archeri	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi	EN	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. 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%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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	The conservation measures needed for the site are being compre­hensively and effectively implemented	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Bwindi Impenetrable	National Park (II)	100
1994	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	98

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	97
Artificial/Terrestrial	1

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bwindi-impenetrable-national-park-iba-uganda on 22/12/2024.