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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
Bioko Batis Batis poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Mountain Saw-wing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Black-capped Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus herberti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Ursula's Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2000	Caldera de Luba	Scientific Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		81
Unknown		11
Artificial/Terrestrial		6

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Luba Caldera Scientific Reserve (Equatorial Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/luba-caldera-scientific-reserve-iba-equatorial-guinea on 23/11/2024.