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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
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-necked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia chalybea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bates's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow Penduline-tit Anthoscopus parvulus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-eared Ground-thrush Geokichla camaronensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2000	Mbam et Djerem	Parc national (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Lowland forest - mixed moist evgn & semi-evgn
Savanna	-	Wooded grassland
Shrubland	-	Scrub - forest
Wetlands (inland)	-	Permanent herbaceous swamps and bogs

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mbam Djerem National Park (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mbam-djerem-national-park-iba-cameroon on 23/12/2024.