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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
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	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
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	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
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh	EN	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	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
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-headed Rufous-warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris	DD	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, 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
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident (2000)	present	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
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	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
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	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
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Artificial/Terrestrial	good (>90%)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Residential and commercial development	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

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	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2012	Kangari Hills	Forest Reserve (VI)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	65	Lowland forest - mixed moist evgn & semi-evgn; Mid-altitude forest - transitional
Savanna	20	Bushland & thicket - deciduous
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Arable land
Wetlands (inland)	5	Rivers & streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve (Sierra Leone). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kangari-hills-non-hunting-forest-reserve-iba-sierra-leone on 23/12/2024.