BJ006
Lama Forest


IBA Justification

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 (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
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus 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

Habitats

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

Land use

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


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 23/12/2024.