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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
Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Niam-niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Unknown	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1925	Ouandjia-Vakaga	Faunal Reserve	24
1933	Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris	National Park	74
1939	Aouk-Aoukale	Faunal Reserve	11
1988	Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	68

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		62
Forest		34
Savanna		2
Grassland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manovo - Gounda - St Floris National Park complex (Central African Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manovo--gounda--st-floris-national-park-complex-iba-central-african-republic on 22/11/2024.