NG013
Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity


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
Adamawa Turtle-dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis LC resident (1999) present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident (1999) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (1999) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (1999) present A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea LC resident (1999) present A3
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus LC breeding (1999) present A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident (1999) present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident (1999) present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus LC resident (1999) present A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis LC resident (1999) present A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident (1999) present A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius LC resident (1999) present A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi LC resident (1999) present A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (1999) present A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex 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
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident (1999) present A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer LC resident (1999) present A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (1999) present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps LC resident (1999) present A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident (1999) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (1999) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (1999) present A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident (1999) present A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens LC resident (1999) present A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-crowned Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus rubiginosus NT resident (1999) present A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus LC resident (1999) present A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata LC resident (1999) present A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens LC resident (1999) present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti LC resident (1999) present A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus LC resident (1999) present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus LC resident (1999) present A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident (1999) present A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica LC resident (1999) present A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata LC resident (1999) present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2019 very poor high very low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Savanna poor (40–69%) poor (40–69%) very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now most of popul­ation/area (50–90%) moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations) high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Some of area covered (10–49%) No management planning has taken place Unknown very low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 83
Shrubland 13
Savanna 3

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity (Nigeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kagoro--nindam-forest-reserves-and-vicinity-iba-nigeria on 23/12/2024.