CM005
Mayo-Louti Forest Reserve


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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident (2000) present A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius LC resident (2000) present A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex LC resident (2000) present A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus LC resident (2000) present A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta LC resident (2000) present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident (2000) present A3
White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata LC resident (2000) present A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus LC resident (2000) present A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus LC resident (2000) present A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae LC breeding (2000) present A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera LC resident (2000) present A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes LC resident (2000) present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident (2000) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Mayo-Louti Forest Reserve (-) 50

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 100

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mayo-Louti Forest Reserve (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mayo-louti-forest-reserve-iba-cameroon on 22/12/2024.