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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
White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides	VU	resident (1999)	unknown	A2, A3
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Akun Eagle-owl Bubo leucostictus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident (1999)	unknown	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	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
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti	NT	resident (1999)	present	A1, A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos lobatus	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	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
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-headed Rufous-warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris	DD	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	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
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis	VU	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	NT	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Nimba Flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	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
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Togo Paradise-whydah Vidua togoensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	Marahoue National Park	National Park (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	73
Unknown	16
Artificial/Terrestrial	8
Shrubland	1

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marahoue National Park (Côte d'Ivoire). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marahoue-national-park-iba-côte-divoire on 23/12/2024.