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.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides |
VU |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata |
VU |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus |
VU |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Black Bee-eater Merops gularis |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh |
EN |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos lobatus |
VU |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni |
NT |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1 |
| Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Nicator Nicator chloris |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Green Crombec Sylvietta virens |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius |
NT |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus |
VU |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Green Hylia Hylia prasina |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens |
NT |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis |
VU |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda |
NT |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey Ground-thrush Geokichla princei |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Gola Malimbe Malimbus ballmanni |
NT |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
