CM008
Faro National Park


IBA Justification

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
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus LC resident (2000) present A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius LC resident (2000) present A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus LC resident (2000) present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana LC resident (2000) present A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea LC resident (2000) present A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii LC resident (2000) present A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus LC resident (2000) present A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident (2000) present A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes LC resident (2000) present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis LC resident (2000) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1980 Faro Parc national (II) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 80
Shrubland 19

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Faro National Park (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/faro-national-park-iba-cameroon on 22/12/2024.