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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mid-altitude forest - transitional	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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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 22/11/2024.