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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
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

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	Montane forest - mixed	-
Grassland	Grassland - montane	-
Wetlands (inland)	Montane bogs, swamps and mires, Rivers & streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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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 22/11/2024.