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Manovo - Gounda - St Floris National Park complex


IBA Justification

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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) 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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2001 not assessed low low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no unset -

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification likely in short term (within 4 years) some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) no deteri­oration (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation Unknown Unknown low

IBA Protection

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

Habitats

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

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) 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 12/01/2025.