CM010
Ngaoundaba Ranch


IBA Justification

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
Adamawa Turtle-dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha LC resident 2000 present A3
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus LC resident 2000 present A3
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus LC breeding 2000 present A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki LC resident 2000 present A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster LC resident 2000 present A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius LC resident 2000 present A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus LC resident 2000 present A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus LC resident 2000 present A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer LC resident 2000 present A3
Sun Lark Galerida modesta LC resident 2000 present A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla LC resident 2000 present A3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana LC resident 2000 present A3
Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae LC resident 2000 present A1, A2
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps LC resident 2000 present A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii LC resident 2000 present A3
White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata LC resident 2000 present A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus LC resident 2000 present A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus LC resident 2000 present A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae LC breeding 2000 present A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus LC resident 2000 present A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus LC resident 2000 present A3
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara LC resident 2000 present A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta LC resident 2000 present A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica LC resident 2000 present A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera LC resident 2000 present A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii LC resident 2000 present A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata LC resident 2000 present A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta LC resident 2000 present A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata LC resident 2000 present A3
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis LC resident 2000 present A3

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


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 100
Savanna Wooded grassland -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ngaoundaba Ranch (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ngaoundaba-ranch-iba-cameroon on 22/11/2024.