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.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
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 |
| 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 |
| Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus |
NT |
resident (2000) |
unknown |
A3 |
| Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum |
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 |
| Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
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-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 |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus |
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 |
