CI010
Mabi Forest reserve


IBA Justification

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 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata LC resident 1999 present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident 1999 present A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident 1999 present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident 1999 present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident 1999 present A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis LC resident 1999 present A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident 1999 present A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident 1999 present A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident 1999 present A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius NT resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident 1999 present A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus VU resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident 1999 present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident 1999 present A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens NT resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident 1999 present A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata LC resident 1999 present A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident 1999 present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident 1999 present A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri LC resident 1999 present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident 1999 present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina 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.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Mabi/Yaya Classified Forest 58
- Songan/Tamin Classified Forest 3
- Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.60 Classified Forest 3

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 96
Unknown 2
Artificial/Terrestrial 1
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mabi Forest reserve (Côte d'Ivoire). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mabi-forest-reserve-iba-côte-divoire on 23/11/2024.