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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 (1997)	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident (1997)	present	A1, A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident (1997)	present	A2, A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli	LC	resident (1997)	unknown	A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis	VU	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Kamalaya (Kounounkan)	Strict Nature Reserve (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Unknown	50
Artificial/Terrestrial	25
Forest	25

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kounounkan (Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kounounkan-iba-guinea on 23/12/2024.