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.
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 |