GH040
Kalakpa Resource Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Black-crowned Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus rubiginosus NT resident 2004-2005 present A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident 2004-2005 present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident 2004-2005 present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1975 Kalakpa Game Production Reserve 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Woodland - transition major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kalakpa Resource Reserve (Ghana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kalakpa-resource-reserve-iba-ghana on 22/11/2024.