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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
Nahan's Partridge Ptilopachus nahani	VU	resident	1998	present	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident	1998	present	A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-winged Swamp-warbler Bradypterus carpalis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Uganda Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-faced Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laetus	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Oberländer's Ground-thrush Geokichla oberlaenderi	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-eared Ground-thrush Geokichla camaronensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Savanna	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Forest	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Kibale	National Park	96
1932	Kisangi	Forest Reserve	7
1988	Lake George	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	9

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		83
Savanna		7
Artificial/Terrestrial		6
Unknown		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kibale National Park (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kibale-national-park-iba-uganda on 22/11/2024.