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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Jackson's Spurfowl Pternistis jacksoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Elgon Francolin Scleroptila elgonensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rwenzori Batis Batis diops	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bamboo Warbler Locustella alfredi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Uganda Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Warbler Curruca lugens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Black-flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Geological events	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1951	Mount Elgon	National Park	62
2005	Mount Elgon	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	62

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		49
Forest		45
Unknown		3
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Elgon National Park (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-elgon-national-park-iba-uganda on 26/11/2024.