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Site description (2001 baseline)
Situated some 50 km north-east of Mont Manengouba (CM021), to the south of the Bafang–Bangangté road, the site comprises an area of remnant forest, isolated in a cuvette near the summit Mont Bana, at about 2,000 m. The vegetation includes submontane forest surrounded by Sporobolus africanus grassland and Eucalyptus plantations. There are also a number of gallery forests along drainage lines.

Key biodiversity
See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. A short survey of the area revealed about 70 species, including a number of montane endemics.

Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mont Bana (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mont-bana-iba-cameroon on 23/12/2024.