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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
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
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Banded Wattle-eye Platysteira laticincta	EN	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	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
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Bangwa Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana	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
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident (2000)	present	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
Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident (2000)	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 (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Kilum-Ijim Forest	Conservation Area (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Woodland - monodominant; Montane forest - undifferentiated
Grassland	-	Grassland - montane
Savanna	-	Bamboo - Montane
Shrubland	-	Scrub - forest; Shrubland - Montane

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Oku (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-oku-iba-cameroon on 22/12/2024.