GH016
Mount Afadjato - Agumatsa Range forest


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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident (2000) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (2000) present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus 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
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (2000) present A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti LC resident (2000) present A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora 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
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (2000) present A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi LC resident (2000) present A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii NT 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
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius NT resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident (2000) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (2000) present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident (2000) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (2000) present A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens 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
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident (2000) present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident (2000) present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident (2000) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2021) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2021 poor high low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest moderate (70–90%) moderate (70–90%) poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Pollution happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low
Biological resource use happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low
Human intrusions and disturbance happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species) A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive Some limited conservation initiatives are in place low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10) Montane forest - mixed

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting -
nature conservation and research -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Afadjato - Agumatsa Range forest (Ghana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-afadjato--agumatsa-range-forest-iba-ghana on 23/12/2024.