NG013
Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity


IBA Justification

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
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

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


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 unfavourable high negligible
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 unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification happening now majority/most of area/population (50-90%) moderate to rapid deterioration high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas Management plan Other action Result
Some of site covered (10-49%) No management planning has taken place Unknown negligible

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Ninjam Forest Reserve 49
- Gerti Kloof Forest Reserve 23
- Amere Forest Reserve 22
- Kafanchan Forest Reserve 5

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 83
Shrubland 13
Savanna 3
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.