CD014
Itombwe Mountains


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
Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera LC resident (2000) present A3
Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis NT resident (2000) present A1, A3
Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident (2000) present A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii LC resident (2000) present A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident (2000) present A3
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha LC resident (2000) present A1, A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Prigogine's Nightjar Caprimulgus prigoginei DD resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi LC resident (2000) present A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis LC resident (2000) present A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus LC resident (2000) present A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident (2000) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (2000) present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus LC resident (2000) present A3
Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara LC resident (2000) present A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha LC resident (2000) present A3
Itombwe Owl Tyto prigoginei EN resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut Owlet Glaucidium castaneum LC resident (2000) present A3
Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Sandy Scops-owl Otus icterorhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Abyssinian Owl Asio abyssinicus LC resident (2000) present A3
Maned Owl Jubula lettii DD resident (2000) present A3
Akun Eagle-owl Bubo leucostictus LC resident (2000) present A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident (2000) present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident (2000) present A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus NT resident (2000) present A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus LC resident (2000) present A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates LC resident (2000) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis LC resident (2000) present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident (2000) present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui LC resident (2000) present A3
Sladen's Barbet Gymnobucco sladeni LC resident (2000) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (2000) present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis LC resident (2000) present A3
Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Dwarf Honeyguide Indicator pumilio LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi LC resident (2000) present A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus LC resident (2000) present A3
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus LC resident (2000) present A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident (2000) present A3
Grauer's Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali LC resident (2000) present A3
Grauer's Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris graueri LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius LC resident (2000) present A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos oriolinus DD resident (2000) present A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-crested Helmetshrike Prionops alberti VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris LC resident (2000) present A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Rwenzori Batis Batis diops LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Ituri Batis Batis ituriensis LC resident (2000) present A3
White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa LC resident (2000) present A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident (2000) present A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus LC resident (2000) present A3
Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni NT resident (-) present A1
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei LC resident (2000) present A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi LC resident (2000) present A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Bedford's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone bedfordi LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (2000) present A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus LC resident (2000) present A3
Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (2000) present A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti LC resident (2000) present A3
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans LC resident (2000) present A3
Grauer's Warbler Graueria vittata LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (2000) present A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi LC resident (2000) present A3
Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris VU resident (2000) present A1
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis LC resident (2000) present A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus LC resident (2000) present A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae LC resident (2000) present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident (2000) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Greenbul Baeopogon clamans LC resident (2000) present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident (2000) present A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (2000) present A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident (2000) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri LC resident (2000) present A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris LC resident (2000) present A3
Sassi's Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus lorenzi LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens LC resident (2000) present A3
Uganda Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-faced Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laetus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident (2000) present A3
Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (2000) present A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident (2000) present A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera LC resident (2000) present A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-collared Mountain-babbler Kupeornis rufocinctus EN resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Chapin's Mountain-babbler Kupeornis chapini LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus LC resident (2000) present A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri LC resident (2000) present A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii LC resident (2000) present A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni LC resident (2000) present A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris LC resident (2000) present A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident (2000) present A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi LC resident (2000) present A3
Oberländer's Ground-thrush Geokichla oberlaenderi NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae LC resident (2000) present A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident (2000) present A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus LC resident (2000) present A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens LC resident (2000) present A3
Chapin's Flycatcher Fraseria lendu VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-eyed Black-flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Archer's Robin-chat Dessonornis archeri LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis LC resident (2000) present A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris LC resident (2000) present A3
Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius LC resident (2000) present A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident (2000) present A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni LC resident (2000) present A3
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi LC resident (2000) present A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus LC resident (2000) present A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi LC resident (2000) present A3
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Rockefeller's Sunbird Cinnyris rockefelleri VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident (2000) present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident (2000) present A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi LC resident (2000) present A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht LC resident (2000) present A3
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha LC resident (2000) present A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-capped Weaver Ploceus dorsomaculatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis LC resident (2000) present A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-crowned Malimbe Malimbus coronatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea LC resident (2000) present A3
Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii LC resident (2000) present A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi EN resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia LC resident (2000) present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons LC resident (2000) present A3
Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni LC resident (2000) present A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis LC resident (2000) present A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni LC resident (2000) present A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata LC resident (2000) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 71
Shrubland 18
Savanna 5
Unknown 2
Artificial/Terrestrial 1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Itombwe Mountains (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/itombwe-mountains-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 22/12/2024.