CI009
Lamto Ecological Research Station


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 (1999) unknown A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident (1999) present A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (1999) present A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident (1999) present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident (1999) unknown A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (1999) present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident (1999) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara LC resident (1999) present A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha LC resident (1999) present A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Rufous Fishing-owl Scotopelia ussheri VU resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident (1999) present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus LC resident (1999) present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident (1999) present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis LC resident (1999) present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident (1999) unknown A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli LC resident (1999) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (1999) present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii LC resident (1999) present A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident (1999) present A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis LC resident (1999) present A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (1999) present A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster LC resident (1999) present A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris LC resident (1999) present A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh EN resident (1999) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps LC resident (1999) present A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident (1999) present A3
West African Batis Batis occulta LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti LC resident (1999) present A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora LC resident (1999) present A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini LC resident (1999) present A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (1999) present A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus VU resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (1999) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (1999) present A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident (1999) present A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii NT resident (1999) present A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (1999) present A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-headed Rufous-warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris DD resident (1999) unknown A1, A2, A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita LC resident (1999) present A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident (1999) present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident (1999) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (1999) present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (1999) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (1999) present A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident (1999) present A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident (1999) present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (1999) present A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident (1999) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (1999) present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli LC resident (1999) present A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens NT resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Black-crowned Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus rubiginosus NT resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus LC resident (1999) present A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris LC resident (1999) present A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (1999) present A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey Ground-thrush Geokichla princei LC resident (1999) unknown A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata LC resident (1999) present A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta LC resident (1999) present A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident (1999) present A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri LC resident (1999) present A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus LC resident (1999) unknown A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens LC resident (1999) present A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident (1999) present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident (1999) present A3
Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus LC resident (1999) present A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti LC resident (1999) present A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident (1999) present A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident (1999) present A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha LC resident (1999) unknown A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident (1999) present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident (1999) present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (1999) present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident (1999) present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1968 Lamto Scientific Reserve National Reserve (Ia) 100

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lamto Ecological Research Station (Côte d'Ivoire). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lamto-ecological-research-station-iba-côte-divoire on 23/12/2024.