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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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	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
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1997)	unknown	A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Rufous Fishing-owl Scotopelia ussheri	VU	resident (1997)	unknown	A2, 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
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis	NT	resident (1997)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident (1997)	unknown	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)	unknown	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa	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
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident (1997)	unknown	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident (1997)	unknown	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	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
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	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
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis	VU	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	NT	resident (1997)	unknown	A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident (1997)	unknown	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3

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

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: Diécké (Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/diécké-iba-guinea on 23/12/2024.