CM006
Gashiga - Demsa


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
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

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


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 14/12/2024.