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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
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
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	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
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini	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
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-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	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
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
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis	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
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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		71
Shrubland		18
Savanna		5
Unknown		2
Artificial/Terrestrial		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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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 22/11/2024.