Grebo (Liberia) IBA | Summary | BirdLife International

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Grebo

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Country/territory: Liberia
Subnational region(s): Grand Gedeh

IBA Justification: A1, A2, A3 (2001)

Area: 12,150 hectares (121.50 km²)

BirdLife Partner(s): Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia

Site description (2001 baseline)
The site is an area of evergreen lowland rainforest enclosed on three sides by a large, easterly projecting meander of the Cavalla river, on the international frontier with Côte d’Ivoire, in the extreme east of the country. It lies about 15 km due west of the southern end of Taï National Park (CI013) in Côte d’Ivoire.

Key biodiversity
See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species.

Non-bird biodiversity: Mammals recorded include Loxodonta africana (EN), Hexaprotodon liberiensis (VU), Pan troglodytes (EN), Colobus polykomos (LR/nt), Procolobus badius (LR/nt), Cercopithecus diana (VU), C. jentinki (VU), C. zebra (VU), C. sylvicultor (LR/nt), C. dorsalis (LR/nt), Tragelaphus eurycerus (LR/nt) and Syncerus caffer (LR/cd).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grebo (Liberia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grebo-iba-liberia on 18/01/2025.