CD005
Lomako - Yekokora


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
Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis NT resident (2000) present A1, A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident (2000) present A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Sandy Scops-owl Otus icterorhynchus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Akun Eagle-owl Bubo leucostictus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Vermiculated Fishing-owl Scotopelia bouvieri LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata LC resident (2000) present A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Sladen's Barbet Gymnobucco sladeni LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident (2000) present A3
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris LC resident (2000) unknown A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Forest Penduline-tit Anthoscopus flavifrons LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-crowned Malimbe Malimbus coronatus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident (2000) unknown A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons LC resident (2000) unknown A3
Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni LC resident (2000) unknown A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 99

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lomako - Yekokora (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lomako--yekokora-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 23/12/2024.