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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
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bates's Swift Apus batesi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
West African Batis Batis occulta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-necked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia chalybea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas	NT	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey-headed Greenbul Phyllastrephus poliocephalus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-capped Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus herberti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-throated Mountain-babbler Kupeornis gilberti	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Crossley's Ground-thrush Geokichla crossleyi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Mountain Robin-chat Cossyphicula isabellae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Ursula's Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A1, A2, A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Rumpi Hills	Forest Reserve (-)	91

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Farmbush, fallow & ruderal land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Forest	-	Lowland forest - dry evergreen; Lowland forest - mixed moist evgn & semi-evgn; Mid-altitude forest - transitional
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers & streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-rata-and-rumpi-hills-forest-reserve-iba-cameroon on 22/12/2024.