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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
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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1944	Khabitaye	Classified Forest	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		45
Unknown		31
Artificial/Terrestrial		15
Shrubland		7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.