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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
Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

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%)	moderate

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Natural system modifications	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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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 (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1938	Mount Kei	Wildlife Sanctuary (VI)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	57
Savanna	40
Shrubland	2

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Kei Forest Reserve (Uganda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-kei-forest-reserve-iba-uganda on 23/12/2024.