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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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis	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
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	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
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	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
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident (1999)	present	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
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
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	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
Baumann's Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	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
Black-crowned Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus rubiginosus	NT	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	100

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Misahöhe Forest Reserve (Togo). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/misahöhe-forest-reserve-iba-togo on 22/12/2024.