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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
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

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
1980	Faro	Parc national	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		80
Shrubland		19

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.