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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	2000	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons	NT	resident	2000	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
1937	Draw River	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		73
Unknown		17
Artificial/Terrestrial		8

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Draw River Forest Reserve (Ghana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/draw-river-forest-reserve-iba-ghana on 23/11/2024.