Conkouati National Park (Congo) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Conkouati National Park

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IBA Justification

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
Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Vermiculated Fishing-owl Scotopelia bouvieri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus	LC	breeding	1996	1,000-1,500 breeding pairs	A3, A4ii
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African River Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina	DD	breeding	1999	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-backed Forest-robin Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1999	Conkouati-Douli	Parc National	100
2007	Conkouati-Douli	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		96
Grassland		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Conkouati National Park (Congo). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/conkouati-national-park-iba-congo on 22/11/2024.