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 |
Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha |
LC |
resident (2000) |
unknown |
A3 |
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Bates's Swift Apus batesi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus |
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 |
Sandy Scops-owl Otus icterorhynchus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Maned Owl Jubula lettii |
DD |
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 |
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii |
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 |
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus 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 |
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli |
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 |
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus |
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 |
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus |
EN |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis |
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 |
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa |
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 |
Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
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 |
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Western Nicator Nicator chloris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, 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 |
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
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 |
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
White-tailed Greenbul Baeopogon clamans |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex |
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 |
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri |
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 |
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Black-capped Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus herberti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
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 |
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
rare |
A3 |
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema |
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 |
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Ursula's Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
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 |