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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
Comoro Olive-pigeon Columba pollenii	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Comoro Blue-pigeon Alectroenas sganzini	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Grande Comore Scops-owl Otus pauliani	EN	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles	EN	resident	-	present	A1
Comoro Drongo Dicrurus fuscipennis	EN	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Grande Comore Brush-Warbler Nesillas brevicaudata	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Grande Comore Bulbul Hypsipetes parvirostris	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Mount Karthala White-eye Zosterops mouroniensis	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Comoro Thrush Turdus bewsheri	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Humblot's Flycatcher Humblotia flavirostris	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Humblot's Sunbird Cinnyris humbloti	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Grande Comore Fody Foudia consobrina	NT	resident	1998	present	A2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2006	Le Karthala	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
other	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karthala Mountains (Comoros). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karthala-mountains-iba-comoros on 27/11/2024.