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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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1942	La Lama-Sud	Classified Forest	60
1946	La Lama Nord	Classified Forest	40

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		53
Forest		36
Unknown		6
Artificial/Terrestrial		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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: Lama Forest (Benin). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lama-forest-iba-benin on 23/11/2024.