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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
Finsch's Francolin Scleroptila finschi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-chinned Weaver Ploceus nigrimentus	LC	resident	-	present	A1
Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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
2002	Plateaux Batéké	National Park	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		34
Grassland		31
Shrubland		29
Unknown		2
Artificial/Terrestrial		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Léconi grasslands (Gabon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/léconi-grasslands-iba-gabon on 22/11/2024.