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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
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
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
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	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
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	45
Unknown	31
Artificial/Terrestrial	15
Shrubland	7

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: Kabitaï (Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kabitaï-iba-guinea on 23/12/2024.