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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
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
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
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	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

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

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 22/12/2024.