SL009
Kambui Hills Forest Reserve


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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident (2000) present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti LC resident (2000) present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata VU resident (2000) present A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis LC resident (2000) present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti LC resident (2000) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (2000) present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii LC resident (2000) present A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis LC resident (2000) present A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus LC resident (2000) present A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident (2000) present A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora LC resident (2000) present A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus LC resident (2000) present A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (2000) present A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (2000) present A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi LC resident (2000) present A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii NT resident (2000) present A2, A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (2000) present A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius NT resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident (2000) present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident (2000) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (2000) present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (2000) present A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis VU resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus LC resident (2000) present A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris LC resident (2000) present A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata LC resident (2000) present A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens LC resident (2000) present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident (2000) present A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri LC resident (2000) present A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti LC resident (2000) present A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident (2000) present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident (2000) present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident (2000) present A3
Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus LC resident (2000) 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 (2005) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2005 good medium 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
Artificial/Terrestrial good (>90%) good (>90%) good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Biological resource use happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification likely in short term (<4 years) some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation Unknown Some limited conservation initiatives are in place low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 60 Lowland forest - mixed moist evgn & semi-evgn
Savanna 20 Bushland & thicket - deciduous
Artificial/Terrestrial 15 Farmbush, fallow & ruderal land
Wetlands (inland) 5 Rivers & streams

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kambui Hills Forest Reserve (Sierra Leone). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kambui-hills-forest-reserve-iba-sierra-leone on 12/12/2024.