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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
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

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happe­ning 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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1944	Mount Nimba Integral Reserve	National Reserve (Ia)	100

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

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

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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 22/12/2024.