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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 (1999)	present	A2, A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Black-capped Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus herberti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Crossley's Ground-thrush Geokichla crossleyi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, A3
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	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 (2019) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
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
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	85
Artificial/Terrestrial	7
Forest	7

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: Ngel-Nyaki Forest Reserve (Nigeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ngel-nyaki-forest-reserve-iba-nigeria on 23/12/2024.