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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
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rwenzori Batis Batis diops	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas	LC	resident (1998)	present	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
Kungwe Apalis Apalis argentea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-faced Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laetus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	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
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	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
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1933	Nyungwe	National Park (IV)	73
2004	Cyamudongo	Forest Reserve (-)	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cyamudongo forest (Rwanda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cyamudongo-forest-iba-rwanda on 22/12/2024.