CM021
Mont Manengouba


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
Cameroon Olive-pigeon Columba sjostedti LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha LC resident (2000) present A1, A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis LC resident (2000) present A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus LC resident (2000) present A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Whistling Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx lemaireae NT resident (2000) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti LC resident (2000) present A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident (2000) present A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus NT winter (2000) rare A1
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum LC resident (2000) present A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (2000) present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui LC resident (2000) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident (2000) present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident (2000) present A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident (2000) present A3
Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (2000) present A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana LC resident (2000) present A3
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi LC resident (2000) present A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius LC resident (2000) present A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-necked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia chalybea LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident (2000) present A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus LC resident (2000) present A3
Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota LC resident (2000) present A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus 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
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident (2000) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (2000) present A3
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (2000) present A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident (2000) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-headed Greenbul Phyllastrephus poliocephalus LC resident (2000) present A1, 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
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident (2000) present A3
White-throated Mountain-babbler Kupeornis gilberti VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri LC resident (2000) present A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris LC resident (2000) present A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident (2000) present A3
Crossley's Ground-thrush Geokichla crossleyi LC resident (2000) present A1, A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus LC resident (2000) present A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident (2000) present A3
Mountain Robin-chat Cossyphicula isabellae LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus LC resident (2000) present A3
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi LC resident (2000) present A3
Ursula's Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, 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
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii LC resident (2000) present A3
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons LC resident (2000) present A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei LC resident (2000) present 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; Montane forest - mixed

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
not utilised -


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