GN012
Grandes Chutes


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
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster LC resident 1997 present A3
Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii LC resident 1997 present A1
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident 1997 present A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta LC resident 1997 present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident 1997 present A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma LC resident 1997 present A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii LC resident 1997 present A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus LC resident 1997 present A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus LC resident 1997 present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident 1997 present A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta LC resident 1997 present A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica LC resident 1997 present A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera LC resident 1997 present A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii LC resident 1997 present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident 1997 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
1944 Grandes Chutes Classified Forest 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Shrubland 59
Forest 24
Unknown 10
Artificial/Terrestrial 5
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -
nature conservation and research -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grandes Chutes (Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grandes-chutes-iba-guinea on 22/11/2024.