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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
Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Abyssinian Owl Asio abyssinicus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-crested Helmetshrike Prionops alberti	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Rwenzori Batis Batis diops	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Kabobo Apalis Apalis kaboboensis	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-faced Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laetus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-collared Mountain-babbler Kupeornis rufocinctus	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Archer's Robin-chat Dessonornis archeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi	EN	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		65
Shrubland		17
Savanna		15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Kabobo (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-kabobo-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 22/11/2024.