CI004
Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves


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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis LC resident 1999 present A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident 1999 present A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident 1999 present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident 1999 present A3
Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia LC resident 1999 present A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident 1999 present A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident 1999 present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident 1999 present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident 1999 present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident 1999 present A3
Akun Eagle-owl Bubo leucostictus LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus LC resident 1999 present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident 1999 present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata VU resident 1999 present A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus LC resident 1999 present A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus VU resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator LC resident 1999 present A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps LC resident 1999 present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident 1999 present A3
Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis NT resident 1999 present A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis LC resident 1999 present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii LC resident 1999 present A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident 1999 present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident 1999 present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident 1999 present A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris LC resident 1999 present A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa LC resident 1999 present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident 1999 present A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster LC resident 1999 present A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh EN resident 1999 present A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis LC resident 1999 present A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps LC resident 1999 present A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti LC resident 1999 present A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora LC resident 1999 present A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus LC resident 1999 present A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini LC resident 1999 present A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident 1999 present A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident 1999 present A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus VU resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea LC resident 1999 present A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident 1999 present A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident 1999 present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident 1999 present A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti LC resident 1999 present A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident 1999 present A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps LC resident 1999 present A3
Sierra Leone Prinia Schistolais leontica EN resident 1999 unknown A2, A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps LC resident 1999 present A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii NT resident 1999 present A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident 1999 present A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota LC resident 1999 present A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens LC resident 1999 present A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident 1999 present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident 1999 present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident 1999 present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident 1999 present A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident 1999 present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident 1999 present A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident 1999 present A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident 1999 present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident 1999 present A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident 1999 present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident 1999 present A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens NT resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis VU resident 1999 present A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda NT resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi LC resident 1999 present A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata LC resident 1999 present A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata LC resident 1999 present A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident 1999 present A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident 1999 present A3
Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni LC resident 1999 present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident 1999 present A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris LC resident 1999 present A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti LC resident 1999 present A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus LC resident 1999 present A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident 1999 present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident 1999 present A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident 1999 present A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha LC resident 1999 present A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident 1999 present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident 1999 present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident 1999 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
- Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.39 Classified Forest 24
- Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.34 Classified Forest 19
- Gouele Classified Forest 19
- Mont-Momi Classified Forest 13
- Mont Glo Classified Forest 23
1932 Mont Sangouine Botanical Reserve 41

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 65
Unknown 23
Artificial/Terrestrial 11
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves (Côte d'Ivoire). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gueoule-and-glo-mountain-forest-reserves-iba-côte-divoire on 23/11/2024.