CI003
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve


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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis LC resident 1999 present A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident 1999 present A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident 1999 present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident 1999 present A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident 1999 present A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident 1999 present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident 1999 present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident 1999 present A3
Sandy Scops-owl Otus icterorhynchus LC resident 1999 present A3
Shelley's Eagle-owl Bubo shelleyi VU resident 1999 unknown A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Rufous Fishing-owl Scotopelia ussheri VU resident 1999 unknown A1, A2, A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus LC resident 1999 present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata VU resident 1999 present A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis NT resident 1999 present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident 1999 unknown A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident 1999 present A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident 1999 present A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster LC resident 1999 present A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos lobatus VU resident 1997 present A1, A2, A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps LC resident 1999 present A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora LC resident 1999 present A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident 1999 present A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus VU resident 2000 present A1, A2, A3
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea LC resident 1999 present A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus LC resident 1999 present A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident 1999 present A3
Sierra Leone Prinia Schistolais leontica EN resident 1999 unknown A1, A2, A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii NT resident 1999 present A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident 1999 present A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-headed Rufous-warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris DD resident 1999 unknown A1, A2, A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident 1999 present A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius NT resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident 1999 present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident 1999 present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident 1999 present A3
Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei LC resident 1999 present A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus VU resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
Baumann's Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni LC resident 1999 unknown A1, A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident 1999 present A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident 1999 present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident 1999 present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens NT resident 1999 present A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident 1999 present A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey Ground-thrush Geokichla princei LC resident 1999 unknown A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata LC resident 1999 present A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta LC resident 1999 present A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri LC resident 1999 present A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Tessmann's Flycatcher Fraseria tessmanni LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Nimba Flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae VU resident 1998 unknown A1, A2, A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident 1999 present A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis LC resident 1999 present A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris LC resident 1999 present A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident 1999 unknown A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident 1999 present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident 1999 present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident 1999 present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident 1999 present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident 1999 present A3

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


IBA Conservation

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

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2001 not assessed low not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no unset -

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Biological resource use now some of population/area (10-49%) 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
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1932 Tiapleu Classified Forest 19
1944 Mount Nimba Integral Reserve National Reserve 100
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Unknown 44
Forest 34
Artificial/Terrestrial 22

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-nimba-strict-nature-reserve-iba-côte-divoire on 03/12/2024.