Lendu Plateau (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the)

CD007

Lendu Plateau

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		41
Grassland		36
Savanna		20
Artificial/Terrestrial		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lendu Plateau (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lendu-plateau-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 22/11/2024.