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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
White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shelley's Eagle-owl Bubo shelleyi	VU	resident	1997	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis	NT	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh	EN	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos lobatus	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident	1997	present	A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus	VU	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis	VU	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2003	Gola Forest National Park	National Park	22

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		88
Unknown		7
Artificial/Terrestrial		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex (Liberia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lofa-gola-mano-complex-iba-liberia on 23/11/2024.