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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
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	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.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		91
Shrubland		8
Grassland	Grassland - secondary	-
Savanna	Wooded grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gashiga - Demsa (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gashiga--demsa-iba-cameroon on 22/11/2024.