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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
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii	LC	resident	1997	present	A1
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1945	Sala	Classified Forest	57

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chutes de la Sala (Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chutes-de-la-sala-iba-guinea on 22/11/2024.