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 |
| Mount Cameroon Spurfowl Pternistis camerunensis |
EN |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Cameroon Olive-pigeon Columba sjostedti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
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 |
| Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis |
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 |
| Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Green Turaco Tauraco persa |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum |
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 |
| Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus |
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-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri |
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 |
| Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis |
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 |
| African Piculet Verreauxia africana |
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 |
| Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster |
LC |
resident (2000) |
rare |
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 |
| Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti |
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 |
| Monteiro's Bushshrike Malaconotus monteiri |
NT |
resident (2000) |
unknown |
A1, A2, 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 |
| Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus |
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 |
| Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris |
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 |
| Mountain Saw-wing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, 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 |
| Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura |
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 |
| Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Mount Cameroon Speirops Zosterops melanocephalus |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
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 |
| Black-eared Ground-thrush Geokichla camaronensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
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 |
| Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus |
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 |
| Mountain Robin-chat Cossyphicula isabellae |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
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) |
present |
A3 |
| Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii |
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 |
| Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae |
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 |
| Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Bates's Weaver Ploceus batesi |
EN |
resident (1996) |
rare |
A2, A3 |
| Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi |
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 |
| Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis |
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 |
| 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 |
