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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
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	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
Bates's Swift Apus batesi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	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
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	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
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	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 Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	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
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	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
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps	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
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	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
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	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
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	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
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	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

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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 management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Mbe Mountains	Community Forest	9
-	Afi River	Forest Reserve	1
-	Cross River North	Forest Reserve	18
1991	Cross River	National Park	97

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		92
Unknown		4
Artificial/Terrestrial		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains (Nigeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cross-river-national-park-(okwangwo-division)-and-mbe-mountains-iba-nigeria on 22/11/2024.