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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
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

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	59
Forest	24
Unknown	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	5

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

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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 23/12/2024.