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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
Cameroon Olive-pigeon Columba sjostedti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani	EN	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Banded Wattle-eye Platysteira laticincta	EN	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Bangwa Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Mountain Robin-chat Cossyphicula isabellae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1964	Mbi Crater	Faunal Reserve (-)	37

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Montane forest - mixed; Woodland - transition
Grassland	-	Grassland - montane

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mbi Crater Faunal Reserve - Mbingo forest (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mbi-crater-faunal-reserve--mbingo-forest-iba-cameroon on 23/12/2024.