Forests west of Lake Edward (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the)

CD012

Forests west of Lake Edward

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Dwarf Honeyguide Indicator pumilio	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grauer's Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris graueri	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Yellow-crested Helmetshrike Prionops alberti	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rwenzori Batis Batis diops	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni	NT	resident	2000	present	A1
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Bedford's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone bedfordi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grauer's Warbler Graueria vittata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grauer's Swamp-warbler Bradypterus graueri	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Prigogine's Greenbul Chlorocichla prigoginei	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Sassi's Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus lorenzi	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Red-faced Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laetus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Red-collared Mountain-babbler Kupeornis rufocinctus	EN	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Chapin's Mountain-babbler Kupeornis chapini	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Black-flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Archer's Robin-chat Dessonornis archeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Rockefeller's Sunbird Cinnyris rockefelleri	VU	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi	EN	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	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.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2002	Tayna	Réserve naturelle de	11

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		47
Unknown		23
Artificial/Terrestrial		22
Savanna		4
Grassland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Forests west of Lake Edward (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/forests-west-of-lake-edward-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 22/11/2024.