CM020
Mont Bana


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
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Bangwa Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis 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
Black-capped Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus herberti LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti 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
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

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Mid-altitude forest - transitional

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


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.