CM014
Mount Mbam


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
Cameroon Olive-pigeon Columba sjostedti LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani EN resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher LC resident (2000) present A3
Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae LC resident (2000) present A1, A2
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Bangwa Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis LC resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri LC resident (2000) present A3
Mountain Robin-chat Cossyphicula isabellae LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi LC resident (2000) present A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis LC resident (2000) present A3
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi LC resident (2000) present A2, A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Montane forest - mixed
Grassland - Grassland - montane
Wetlands (inland) - Montane bogs, swamps and mires; Rivers & streams

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Mbam (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-mbam-iba-cameroon on 23/12/2024.