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.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha |
LC |
resident (-) |
present |
A1 |
| Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grauer's Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris graueri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Bedford's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone bedfordi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1 |
| White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Lendu Crombec Sylvietta chapini |
CR |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Bamboo Warbler Locustella alfredi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Prigogine's Greenbul Chlorocichla prigoginei |
EN |
resident (1994) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Red-faced Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laetus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Chapin's Mountain-babbler Kupeornis chapini |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2 |
| Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Chapin's Flycatcher Fraseria lendu |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
